Feminine
Meaning
- (feminine) genus
- (broadly,feminine) species
- (feminine) voice, gender (of verbs)
- (feminine) genre
Concepts
Synonyms
Buchgattung
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
gattig
Basel-Landschaft
schanger
Basel-Landschaft
schlaag
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Hyphenated as
Gat‧tung
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡatʊŋ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German gatunge, from gaten (“to come together, to fit”), from Old High German (bi)gaton, from Proto-West Germanic *gadōn. Cognate with Dutch gading (“satisfaction”).
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