ge-

Meaning

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɣə/

Etymology

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-).