"gen" meaning in German

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          "english": "towards the evening, in the late afternoon",
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          "text": "[…] das tönende Grab des Zauberers Merlinus, welches sich im Walde Brozeliand in der Bretagne befindet, unter hohen Eichen, deren Wipfel wie grüne Flammen gen Himmel lodern.",
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      "homophone": "gehn"
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