geen

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Meaning

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɣeːn/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch negeen, ne gene, (also as engheen, en geen), from Old Dutch chein, ghein, nehein (“not one; none”), ultimately corresponding to Proto-Germanic *nehw ainaz (“nor one”). Compare German kein, Yiddish קיין (keyn), English none.

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