Gen
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gen"
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Gen
- A Niger-Congo language of Togo.
Further reading
[edit]- Ethnologue entry for Gen, gej
Etymology 2
[edit]Shortened from new generation, from Italian generazione nuova.
Noun
[edit]Gen (plural Gens)
- (Roman Catholicism) A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement.
Etymology 3
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛn/
- Homophones: Jen, gen
Proper noun
[edit]Gen
- A female given name, a short form of Genevieve.
- 1894, Harper's Young People, page 208:
- Hal. Oh, don't fuss, Gen. I'll do my part all right. Mamma's 'structed me, you know.
Genevieve. Instructed, Hal.
- 2017, Emma G Prince, The Silent Life of Genevieve, →ISBN:
- “Gen? Listen, I'm so sorry I did that, Gen. You gotta believe me. I'm not like this and you know it.” “Listen...Kyle, I...I don't think I want to see you anymore.” Genevieve's voice cracked. “Gen!”
Etymology 4
[edit]Noun
[edit]Gen (plural Gens)
- Alternative form of Gen. (“General”).
- 2023 August 26, Dan Sabbagh, “‘That’s our guy’: how UK military chief became key Nato liaison in Ukraine”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 August 2023:
- Particularly notable was the presence not just of Nato’s military chief, the American Gen Christopher Cavoli, but also Adm Sir Tony Radakin, Britain’s most senior military officer, who is now acknowledged in Washington and Kyiv as an increasingly important actor in helping Ukraine overcome the Russian invaders.
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by Danish biologist Wilhelm Johannsen in 1909, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Gen n (strong, genitive Gens, plural Gene)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Gen | die | Gene |
| genitive | eines | des | Gens | der | Gene |
| dative | einem | dem | Gen | den | Genen |
| accusative | ein | das | Gen | die | Gene |
Derived terms
[edit]- AFP-Gen
- Alpha-Fetoprotein-Gen
- BRCA-Gen
- Brustkrebsgen
- Cream-Gen
- Creamgen
- Das egoistische Gen
- DNA-Reparaturgen
- FUS-Gen
- Fusionsgen
- FXN-Gen
- Gen-Cluster
- Gen-Knockdown
- Gen-Knockout
- Gen-Pharming
- Gen-Rekrutierung
- Gen-Schere
- Gen-Silencing
- Gen-Stilllegun
- Gen-Suppression
- Gen-Targeting
- Genaktivierung
- Genaktivität
- Genamplifikation
- Genanalyse
- Genbank
- Genbibliothek
- Gencluster
- Gendatenbank
- Gendeletion
- Gendichte
- Gendisruption
- Gendoping
- Genduplikation
- Gene-Trapping
- Generosion
- Genexpression
- Genfamilie
- Genfehler
- Genfluss
- Genfluß
- Genfragment
- Genfrequenz
- Genfunktion
- Gengehalt
- Gengruppe
- Geninteraktion
- Geninversion
- Genisolation
- Genisolierung
- Genkanone
- Genkarte
- Genkartierung
- Genkassette
- Genknockdown
- Genknockout
- Genkombination
- Genkomplex
- Genkonversion
- Genlocus
- Genlokus
- Genmodifikation
- Genmutation
- Genort
- Genpaar
- Genpflanze
- Genpharmakologie
- Genpharming
- Genpool
- Genprodukt
- Genregion
- Genregulation
- Genregulierung
- Genrekombination
- Genrekrutierung
- Genschaden
- Genschädigung
- Genschere
- Gensegment
- Gensequenz
- Gensequenzierung
- Gensilencing
- Genspleissen
- Genspleißen
- Gensplicing
- Genstilllegun
- Genstruktur
- Gensubstitution
- Gensuppression
- Gensymbol
- Gensynthese
- Gentargeting
- Gentechnik
- gentechnisch
- Gentechnologie
- Gentherapie
- Genträger
- Gentransfer
- Gentranskription
- Gentrapping
- Genübertragung
- Genvariante
- Genvorhersage
- Halloween-Gen
- Halloweengen
- Haushaltsgen
- homologes Gen
- Homöoboxgen
- homöotisches Gen
- Hox-Gen
- Hoxgen
- hypostatisches Gen
- Kandidatengen
- Kontrollgen
- Krebsgen
- Krieger-Gen
- Kriegergen
- Letalgen
- Markergen
- Markierungsgen
- MEFV-Gen
- Merle-Gen
- Merlegen
- mitochondriales Gen
- Mitochondriengen
- Mittelmeerfieber-Gen
- Mittelmeerfiebergen
- Neandertaler-Gen
- orthologes Gen
- Paarregel-Gen
- Paarregelgen
- paralogisches Gen
- Pflanzengen
- pflanzliches Gen
- Piwi-Gen
- Polyhedrin-Gen
- Polyhedringen
- Referenz-Gen
- Referenzgen
- Regulatorgen
- Reportergen
- Repressorgen
- Resistenzgen
- Rezeptor-Gen
- Rezeptorgen
- Schlankheitsgen
- Segmentierungsgen
- spezifisches Gen
- Strukturgen
- Suszeptibilitätsgen
- Target-Gen
- Targetgen
- Transkriptionsgen
- Tumorsuppressor-Gen
- Tumorsuppressorgen
- Verzwergungsgen
- Windfarbgen
- Zielgen
Related terms
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- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with homophones
- English given names
- English female given names
- English terms with quotations
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- German coinages
- German terms derived from Ancient Greek
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/eːn
- Rhymes:German/eːn/1 syllable
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German neuter nouns
