"Gens" meaning in English

See Gens in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Genses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Gens, a variant of Jens. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Gens}} German Gens, {{m|de|Jens}} Jens 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

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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Gens meaning in English (1.3kB)

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