gemein
Meaning
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- (childish,colloquial,often) mean, nasty, wicked
- (dated) ordinary, common, average
- (dated) base, vile, vulgar
- (dated) having a characteristic in common
Concepts
scurillous
scurillously
Synonyms
schurkisch
verabscheuenswert
gehaltlos
verabscheuenswürdig
gräßlich
Bürgerlicher
gemeiner Kerl
von niedriger Herkunft
Volks-
Gesamt-
unbamherzig
nicht nett
biestig
über Leichen gehend
hundig
geringschätzig
guter Durchschnitt
pöbelhaft
unbetitelt
unfein
ungesittet
unzart
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
dräggig
Basel-Landschaft
gmain
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈmaɪ̯n/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German gemein, from Old High German gimeini, from Proto-West Germanic *gamainī. Cognate with Old English gemǣne, English mean, Dutch gemeen, Danish gemen, Swedish gemen and Norwegian gemen.
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