gemen
Swedish
adjective
Definitions
- plain, simple, common, popular
- mean, small-minded and petty; showing meanness in petty things
- (typography) small, lowercase
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German gemēn (common) derived from Old Saxon gimeni derived from *gamainī derived from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz (common, shared, communal, general, public).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gamainiz
Gloss
common, shared, communal, general, public
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bemean English
- demean English
- gemeinschaft English
- geomean English
- intermean English
- mean English
- meanable English
- meanest English
- meaneth English
- meanie English
- meaning English
- meanish English
- meanless English
- meanling English
- meanly English
- meanness English
- meanship English
- meantime English
- meantone English
- meanwhile English
- meany English
- mismean English
- semimean English
- trimean English
- unmean English
- whaddayamean English
- communalis Latin
- communia Latin
- communio, communionem Latin
- communis Latin
- commūnālis Latin
- Gemeinde German
- Gemeine Fichte German
- Gemeinfreiheit German
- Gemeingut German
- Gemeinheit German
- Gemeinschaft German
- Gemeinwohl German
- allgemein German
- gemein German
- gemeinfasslich German
- gemeinfrei German
- gemeingefährlich German
- gemeingermanisch German
- gemeinsam German
- gemeinslawisch German
- hundsgemein German
- ungemein German
- buitengemeen Dutch, Flemish
- gemeen Dutch, Flemish
- gemeengoed Dutch, Flemish
- gemeenplaats Dutch, Flemish
- gemeenschap Dutch, Flemish
- gemeenslachtig Dutch, Flemish
- gemeente Dutch, Flemish
- gemeenzaam Dutch, Flemish
- gemenerik Dutch, Flemish
- handgemeen Dutch, Flemish
- commun French
- communal French
- *ḱom-moynis Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱommoynis Proto-Indo-European
- *gamainiz Proto-Germanic
- gemensam Swedish
- gemenskap Swedish
- gemæne Old English
- menen Middle English
- gemen Danish
- comun Old French
- kommúna Icelandic
- kommúnismi Icelandic
- mên Welsh
- gemêen Middle Dutch
- gimeini Old High German
- gimeinī Old High German
- gemein Middle High German
- 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *gamainī gmw-pro
- *gimēni Old Dutch
- *gimēnitha Old Dutch
- gemēn Middle Low German
- gimeni Old Saxon
- gimēnitha Old Saxon
- comun Occitan
- gemēne Old Frisian
- comoinis, co(m)moinis Old Latin