Gen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gen"

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Gen

  1. A Niger-Congo language of Togo.

Further reading

Etymology 2

Shortened from new generation, from Italian generazione nuova.

Noun

Gen (plural Gens)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛn/
  • Homophones: Jen, gen

Proper noun

Gen

  1. 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

Noun

Gen (plural Gens)

  1. 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.

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German

Etymology

Coined by Danish biologist Wilhelm Johannsen in 1909, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeːn/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Noun

Gen n (strong, genitive Gens, plural Gene)

  1. gene

Declension

Declension of Gen [neuter, strong]
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

  • 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

Further reading

  • “Gen” in Duden online
  • “Gen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)

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