ge

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian гэ (gɛ).

Noun

ge (plural ges)

1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Г / г.

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡe/

Noun

ge inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G.

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

ge f (plural ges)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G.

Cebuano

Interjection

ge

1. (informal) Short for sige.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• gij

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣə/

• Audio

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Pronoun

ge

1. (dialectal, colloquial) unstressed form of gij: you

   Da ge bedankt zeet da witte!

   You know I'm thankful!

Usage notes

See usage notes at gij

Inflection

Anagrams

• eg

East Central German

Etymology

Old High German io.

Adverb

ge

1. (Erzgebirgisch) ever

   von ge har

   ever since

2. (Erzgebirgisch) per
3. (Erzgebirgisch) the

Further reading

• Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 39

Emilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡe/
• Hyphenation: ge

Alternative forms

• Becomes g’ before a vowel (proclitic).

A g’andám edmān. ― We go there tomorrow.

La g’à parlê. ― She talked to them.

• Becomes -eg when acting as an enclitic (after a consonant).

J-eg vān edmān. ― They go there tomorrow. (imperative, singular)

J-eg dān da fêr. ― They give her trouble.

• Becomes -g when acting as an enclitic (after a vowel).

A-g vag edmān. ― I’m going there tomorrow. (imperative, plural)

A-g pôrt di munjêgi. ― I bring him some apricots.

Etymology 1

From Latin illī (nominative plural and dative singular of ille). Cognate with Catalan li and Italian gli.

Pronoun

ge (personal, dative case)

1. him, to him

   Al ge xîva njînta.

   He wasn’t saying anything to him.

2. her, to her
3. them, to them

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin hīc (“here”). Cognate with Catalan hi, French y, Italian ci.

Pronoun

ge (adverbial, locative case)

1. here, in here
2. there, in there

   Al ge màt dèinter dl’akwa.

   He puts water in there.

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keː/

Noun

ge n (genitive singular ges, plural ge)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G.

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡe/, /ɡɛ/

Noun

ge (plural ge-i)

1. The name of the Latin script letter G/g.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze ^{(Category: io:Latin letter names)}

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch gee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡe/,

Noun

gé

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Synonyms

• ji (Standard Malay)

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) huruf; a, be, ce, de, e, ef, ge, ha, i, je, ka, el, em, en, o, pe, ki, er, es, te, u, ve, we, eks, ye, zet

Further reading

• “ge” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

ge

1. Rōmaji transcription of げ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ゲ

Lashi

Alternative forms

• gi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡe/

Adjective

ge

1. good

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡeː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe/,

Noun

gē f (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter G.

Coordinate terms

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

References

• “ge”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “ge”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Mandarin

Romanization

ge (ge⁵／ge⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄍㄜ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 個／个

Romanization

ge

1. Nonstandard spelling of gē.
2. Nonstandard spelling of gé.
3. Nonstandard spelling of gě.
4. Nonstandard spelling of gè.
5. Nonstandard spelling of gê̄.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mapudungun

Noun

ge (Raguileo spelling)

1. (anatomy) eye
2. sight, the ability to see.

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

ge

1. Alternative form of ye (“you”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ge

1. Alternative form of heo (“she”)

Nupe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡē/

Verb

ge

1. to be good

   U ge à ― It's not good

Derived terms

• gige (“goodness; being good”)
• ège (“goodness”)

Occitan

Noun

ge f (plural ges)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G.

Ojibwe

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

ge

1. as for
2. also, too, and

See also

• gaye
• miinawaa

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/ge-adv-conj

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from *jīz, an early variation of Proto-Germanic *jūz, representing Proto-Indo-European *yūs.

Alternative forms

• gī — Northumbrian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeː/

Pronoun

ġē (West Saxon, Anglian)

1. you (plural): nominative plural of þū

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: ye, yee, ȝe, ȝee, yeȝ, yhe, ȝhe, ge, iye, yie, ȝie, gie, hye, hie, ȝeo, geo
  • English: ye, yee
  • Scots: ȝe, ye
  • Yola: ye

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *jahw, from *ja + *-hw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je/

Conjunction

ġe

1. and; often doubled as ġe... ġe... ("both... and...")
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

     Gyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?

     If then it ever happen that thou shalt find thyself full whole and full strong, and hast all thy friends with thee, both in mind and in body, and in that same work and in that same will which pleaseth thee best to do, wilt thou then be happy at all?

Descendants

• Middle English: gea, ȝe, ȝa, ȝi, ye

Old French

Pronoun

ge

1. Alternative form of je

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin illī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒe/

Pronoun

ge

1. to her, to it, or to him

Descendants

• Spanish: se

Rawa

Pronoun

ge

1. you

References

• Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)

Romagnol

Noun

ge m or f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lètra; a, bé, cé, dé, e, ëffe, ge, àcca / àca, i, i lóng, càpa, ëlle, èmme, ènne, o, pé, cu, ërre, ësse, té, u, vé, dópi vé / dópi vu / vu dópi, ics, i gréc / ìpsilon, zéta

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cía (“although”). Cognate with Irish cé.

Conjunction

ge

1. (dated) although

Synonyms

• ged

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxe/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: ge

Etymology 1

Noun

ge f (plural ges)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G.

Etymology 2

Latin illī; akin to Portuguese lhe, Italian gli.

Pronoun

ge

1. Obsolete form of se (as a dative pronoun)

Further reading

• “ge”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sumerian

Romanization

ge

1. Romanization of 𒄀 (ge)

Swedish

Etymology

Apocopic form of giva, with umlaut, from Old Swedish giva, gæva, from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰab(ʰ)-. Compare Old English giefan (whence English give).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeː/,

• audio

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• Rhymes: -eː

Verb

ge (present ger, preterite gav, supine gett, imperative ge)

1. to give

   Synonym: giva (dated)

   • 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Book of Matthew, 25:42

     Ty iagh war hungrogh / och j gåffuen migh icke äta. Jagh war torstigh / och j gåffuen migh icke dricka.

     (pre-1906 spelling) Ty jag var hungrig, och I gåfven mig icke äta; jag var törstig, och I gåfven mig icke dricka.

     For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink.

2. (reflexive) to give up, to surrender, to quit
3. to give (to exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield)

Usage notes

• The older full conjugation (giva, giver) is complete with present and past participles. The short conjugation (ge, ger) does not provide acceptable forms for participles (*geende, *gedd), but is now the preferred and dominating choice for other cases (ge, ger, gett).

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

• ge in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ge in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ge in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• EG, eg.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡe/,
• Hyphenation: ge

Interjection

ge (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒ)

1. Clipping of sige.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Spanish ge, the Spanish name of the letter G/g.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhe/,
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: ge

Noun

ge (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒ)

1. (historical) The name of the Latin-script letter G/g, in the Abecedario.

   Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) dyi, (in the Abakada alphabet) ga

Alternative forms

• he

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeː/

Determiner

ge

1. (distal) that, those

   namo ge ― that chicken

Pronoun

ge

1. (demonstrative) this

   ngori tomau ge ― I want that

   ge foke ― that is a cockroach

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟe/

Noun

ge (definite accusative geyi, plural geler)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

Turkmen

Noun

ge (definite accusative geni, plural geler)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) harp; a, be, çe, de, e, ä, ef, ge, ha, i, je, že, ke, el, em, en, eň, o, ö, pe, re, se, şa, te, u, ü, we, y, ýy, ze

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡé/

Verb

gé

1. (transitive) to cut something; especially using a tool

   Synonym: ké

2. to segment into parts

   mo gé e wẹ́lẹ́-wẹ́lẹ́ ― I segmented it into small pieces

3. (stative, intransitive) to become cut, snapped, or broken

   Synonym: ké

Derived terms

• ègé (“piece, segment, cutting”)
• ìgé (“the act of slicing”)

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ/

Verb

ge

1. sleep

References

• Focus in an active agentive alignment system the case of Beria Saharan Angelika Jakobi