Gen
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gen"
English
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Gen, gej
Etymology 2
Shortened from new generation, from Italian generazione nuova.
Noun
Gen (plural Gens)
- (Roman Catholicism) A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement.
Proper noun
Gen
- A female given name, a short form of Genevieve.
- 1894, Harper's Young People, page 208:
- Hal. Oh, don't fuss, Gen. I'll do my part all right. Mamma's 'structed me, you know.
Genevieve. Instructed, Hal.
- 2017, Emma G Prince, The Silent Life of Genevieve, →ISBN:
- “Gen? Listen, I'm so sorry I did that, Gen. You gotta believe me. I'm not like this and you know it.” “Listen...Kyle, I...I don't think I want to see you anymore.” Genevieve's voice cracked. “Gen!”
Noun
Gen (plural Gens)
- Alternative form of Gen. (“General”)
- 2023 August 26, Dan Sabbagh, “‘That’s our guy’: how UK military chief became key Nato liaison in Ukraine”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- Particularly notable was the presence not just of Nato’s military chief, the American Gen Christopher Cavoli, but also Adm Sir Tony Radakin, Britain’s most senior military officer, who is now acknowledged in Washington and Kyiv as an increasingly important actor in helping Ukraine overcome the Russian invaders.
German
Etymology
Coined by Danish biologist Wilhelm Johannsen in 1909, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡeːn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːn
Declension
Derived terms
- AFP-Gen
- Alpha-Fetoprotein-Gen
- BRCA-Gen
- Brustkrebsgen
- Cream-Gen
- Creamgen
- Das egoistische Gen
- DNA-Reparaturgen
- FUS-Gen
- Fusionsgen
- FXN-Gen
- Gen-Cluster
- Gen-Knockdown
- Gen-Knockout
- Gen-Pharming
- Gen-Rekrutierung
- Gen-Schere
- Gen-Silencing
- Gen-Stilllegun
- Gen-Suppression
- Gen-Targeting
- Genaktivierung
- Genaktivität
- Genamplifikation
- Genanalyse
- Genbank
- Genbibliothek
- Gencluster
- Gendatenbank
- Gendeletion
- Gendichte
- Gendisruption
- Gendoping
- Genduplikation
- Gene-Trapping
- Generosion
- Genexpression
- Genfamilie
- Genfehler
- Genfluss
- Genfluß
- Genfragment
- Genfrequenz
- Genfunktion
- Gengehalt
- Gengruppe
- Geninteraktion
- Geninversion
- Genisolation
- Genisolierung
- Genkanone
- Genkarte
- Genkartierung
- Genkassette
- Genknockdown
- Genknockout
- Genkombination
- Genkomplex
- Genkonversion
- Genlocus
- Genlokus
- Genmodifikation
- Genmutation
- Genort
- Genpaar
- Genpflanze
- Genpharmakologie
- Genpharming
- Genpool
- Genprodukt
- Genregion
- Genregulation
- Genregulierung
- Genrekombination
- Genrekrutierung
- Genschaden
- Genschädigung
- Genschere
- Gensegment
- Gensequenz
- Gensequenzierung
- Gensilencing
- Genspleissen
- Genspleißen
- Gensplicing
- Genstilllegun
- Genstruktur
- Gensubstitution
- Gensuppression
- Gensymbol
- Gensynthese
- Gentargeting
- Gentechnik
- gentechnisch
- Gentechnologie
- Gentherapie
- Genträger
- Gentransfer
- Gentranskription
- Gentrapping
- Genübertragung
- Genvariante
- Genvorhersage
- Halloween-Gen
- Halloweengen
- Haushaltsgen
- homologes Gen
- Homöoboxgen
- homöotisches Gen
- Hox-Gen
- Hoxgen
- hypostatisches Gen
- Kandidatengen
- Kontrollgen
- Krebsgen
- Krieger-Gen
- Kriegergen
- Letalgen
- Markergen
- Markierungsgen
- MEFV-Gen
- Merle-Gen
- Merlegen
- mitochondriales Gen
- Mitochondriengen
- Mittelmeerfieber-Gen
- Mittelmeerfiebergen
- Neandertaler-Gen
- orthologes Gen
- Paarregel-Gen
- Paarregelgen
- paralogisches Gen
- Pflanzengen
- pflanzliches Gen
- Piwi-Gen
- Polyhedrin-Gen
- Polyhedringen
- Referenz-Gen
- Referenzgen
- Regulatorgen
- Reportergen
- Repressorgen
- Resistenzgen
- Rezeptor-Gen
- Rezeptorgen
- Schlankheitsgen
- Segmentierungsgen
- spezifisches Gen
- Strukturgen
- Suszeptibilitätsgen
- Target-Gen
- Targetgen
- Transkriptionsgen
- Tumorsuppressor-Gen
- Tumorsuppressorgen
- Verzwergungsgen
- Windfarbgen
- Zielgen
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