"Gens" meaning in All languages combined

See Gens on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Genses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Gens, a variant of Jens. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Gens}} German Gens Head templates: {{en-proper noun|es}} Gens (plural Genses)
  1. A surname from German.
    Sense id: en-Gens-en-name-gISmo46Y Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} Gens
  1. plural of Gen Tags: form-of, plural Form of: Gen
    Sense id: en-Gens-en-noun-V~QggvQU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [German]

Audio: LL-Q188 (deu)-Sebastian Wallroth-Gens.wav , De-Gens.ogg
Head templates: {{head|de|noun form}} Gens
  1. genitive singular of Gen Tags: form-of, genitive, singular Form of: Gen
    Sense id: en-Gens-de-noun-lH3466TO Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Gens"
      },
      "expansion": "German Gens",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Gens, a variant of Jens.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Genses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es"
      },
      "expansion": "Gens (plural Genses)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname from German."
      ],
      "id": "en-Gens-en-name-gISmo46Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gens"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "Gens",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "Gen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of Gen"
      ],
      "id": "en-Gens-en-noun-V~QggvQU",
      "links": [
        [
          "Gen",
          "Gen#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gens"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "Gens",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "Gen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genitive singular of Gen"
      ],
      "id": "en-Gens-de-noun-lH3466TO",
      "links": [
        [
          "Gen",
          "Gen#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q188 (deu)-Sebastian Wallroth-Gens.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/LL-Q188_%28deu%29-Sebastian_Wallroth-Gens.wav/LL-Q188_%28deu%29-Sebastian_Wallroth-Gens.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/LL-Q188_%28deu%29-Sebastian_Wallroth-Gens.wav/LL-Q188_%28deu%29-Sebastian_Wallroth-Gens.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Gens.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/De-Gens.ogg/De-Gens.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/De-Gens.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gens"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English noun forms",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from German",
    "English terms derived from German",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Gens"
      },
      "expansion": "German Gens",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Gens, a variant of Jens.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Genses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es"
      },
      "expansion": "Gens (plural Genses)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames",
        "English surnames from German"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname from German."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gens"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English noun forms",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "Gens",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "Gen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of Gen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Gen",
          "Gen#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gens"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "Gens",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German non-lemma forms",
        "German noun forms",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "Gen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genitive singular of Gen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Gen",
          "Gen#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q188 (deu)-Sebastian Wallroth-Gens.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/LL-Q188_%28deu%29-Sebastian_Wallroth-Gens.wav/LL-Q188_%28deu%29-Sebastian_Wallroth-Gens.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/LL-Q188_%28deu%29-Sebastian_Wallroth-Gens.wav/LL-Q188_%28deu%29-Sebastian_Wallroth-Gens.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Gens.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/De-Gens.ogg/De-Gens.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/De-Gens.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gens"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Gens meaning in All languages combined (2.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.