"ge-" meaning in Afrikaans

See ge- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /χə/
Etymology: Inherited from Dutch ge-, from Middle Dutch ge-, ghe-, from Old Dutch gi-, ge-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm. Etymology templates: {{etymid|af|past participle}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|af|nl|ge-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Dutch ge-, {{inh+|af|nl|ge-}} Inherited from Dutch ge-, {{inh|af|dum|ge-}} Middle Dutch ge-, {{inh|af|odt|gi-}} Old Dutch gi-, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*ga-}} Proto-Germanic *ga-, {{der|af|ine-pro|*ḱóm}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Head templates: {{head|af|prefix}} ge-
  1. Used to form the past participle Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ge--af-prefix-cfqKgSye
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

IPA: /χə/
Etymology: Inherited from Dutch ge-, from Middle Dutch ge-. Etymology templates: {{etymid|af|collective}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|af|nl|ge-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Dutch ge-, {{inh+|af|nl|ge-}} Inherited from Dutch ge-, {{inh|af|dum|ge-}} Middle Dutch ge- Head templates: {{head|af|prefix}} ge-
  1. Used with a verb stem to create an uncountable noun referring to an action or its result, seen as a single collective whole. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ge--af-prefix-U~obzcDh Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Afrikaans dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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