"gen" meaning in German

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "gēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German gēn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gegen",
        "t1": "against"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of gegen (“against”)",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "קיין"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish קיין (keyn)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German gēn, gein, from gegen with elision of intervocalic -g- (compare Getreide, Maid). Doublet of gegen (“against”). Cognate with Yiddish קיין (keyn).",
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        "3": "",
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        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gen",
      "name": "de-prep"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "[with accusative]",
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        "tags": [
          "accusative"
        ]
      },
      "name": "+obj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "German prepositions",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to the north, northwards",
          "text": "gen Norden",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "towards the evening, in the late afternoon",
          "text": "gen Abend",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the direction; to; towards (a place or time)"
      ],
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        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ],
        [
          "towards",
          "towards"
        ]
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        "(literary, somewhat dated) in the direction; to; towards (a place or time)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "in",
          "tags": [
            "place"
          ],
          "word": "Richtung"
        },
        {
          "topics": [
            "time"
          ],
          "word": "gegen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡeːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɛn/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "gehn"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Gen stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gen"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "gēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German gēn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gegen",
        "t1": "against"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of gegen (“against”)",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "קיין"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish קיין (keyn)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German gēn, gein, from gegen with elision of intervocalic -g- (compare Getreide, Maid). Doublet of gegen (“against”). Cognate with Yiddish קיין (keyn).",
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "preposition",
        "3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gen",
      "name": "de-prep"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "acc"
      },
      "expansion": "[with accusative]",
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        "tags": [
          "accusative"
        ]
      },
      "name": "+obj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "prep",
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    {
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        "German doublets",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German literary terms",
        "German prepositions",
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        "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "German terms with homophones",
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 31 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "to the north, northwards",
          "text": "gen Norden",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "towards the evening, in the late afternoon",
          "text": "gen Abend",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the direction; to; towards (a place or time)"
      ],
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        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ],
        [
          "towards",
          "towards"
        ]
      ],
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        "(literary, somewhat dated) in the direction; to; towards (a place or time)"
      ],
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        "dated",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ɡeːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɛn/"
    },
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      "homophone": "gehn"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "in",
      "tags": [
        "place"
      ],
      "word": "Richtung"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "time"
      ],
      "word": "gegen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gen"
}