From German Gen, from English gene, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”), from γεννάω (gennáō, “to beget”). Coined by the Danish botanist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen in 1909.
gén (plural gének)
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | gén | gének |
| accusative | gént | géneket |
| dative | génnek | géneknek |
| instrumental | génnel | génekkel |
| causal-final | génért | génekért |
| translative | génné | génekké |
| terminative | génig | génekig |
| essive-formal | génként | génekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | génben | génekben |
| superessive | génen | géneken |
| adessive | génnél | géneknél |
| illative | génbe | génekbe |
| sublative | génre | génekre |
| allative | génhez | génekhez |
| elative | génből | génekből |
| delative | génről | génekről |
| ablative | géntől | génektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
géné | géneké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
généi | génekéi |
| Possessive forms of gén | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | génem | génjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | géned | génjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | génje | génjei |
| 1st person plural | génünk | génjeink |
| 2nd person plural | génetek | génjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | génjük | génjeik |