ge-

German (Berlin)

/ɡə/

prefix
Definitions
  • Forms collective nouns, almost always neuter gender. Whenever possible, the root vowel is modified as well: l
  • Forms action nouns, usually with a sense of repetition or continuation. All of these nouns are neuter and have no plural. For example: l
  • Forms nomen rei actae
  • Forms past participles in combination with a suffix -en#German
  • Forms verbs with l

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German ge- inherited from Old High German ga- inherited from *ga- inherited from Proto-Germanic *ga- (co-, together, with, collective and associative prefix) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (with, along, next to, at, by, beside, near).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱóm

Gloss

with, along, next to, at, by, beside, near

Concept
Semantic Field

Miscellaneous function words

Ontological Category

Other

Kanji

近

Emoji

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