geen
Meaning
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- no, not a, not an, not any
- none
Frequency
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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