ge-

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (morpheme) Used for forming the past participle.
  2. (idiomatic, morpheme, obsolete) Forms perfective verbs from other verbs with a sense of completeness, or simply as an intensifier.

Sinonieme

Vertalings

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɣə/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Inherited from Middle Dutch ge-, ghe-, from Old Dutch gi-, ge-, from Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm. Cognate with German Low German ge-, Dutch Low Saxon ge-, German ge-, Old English ġe- (obsolete English y-, i-, a-), Gothic 𐌲𐌰- (ga-).

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