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#:''steen > '''ge'''steen '' | #: ''steen > '''ge'''steen '' | ||
#:: ''stone > rock '' | #:: ''stone > rock '' | ||
# | # {{n-g|(used to form verbal nouns that refer to the result of the action)}} | ||
#:''skenken > '''ge'''skenk '' | #: ''skenken > '''ge'''skenk '' | ||
#:: ''offer > gift '' | #:: ''offer > gift '' | ||
# | # {{n-g|(used to form the past participle)}} | ||
#:''breken > '''ge'''broken '' | #: ''breken > '''ge'''broken '' | ||
#:: ''break > broken'' | #:: ''break > broken'' | ||
Latest revision as of 14:48, 7 May 2026
Skundavisk
Etymology
From Middle Skundavisk ge-, from Old Skundavisk gi-, ge-, from Halmisk ᚷᚨ- (ga-), from Proto-Germanic *ga-.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɟɘ/
Prefix
ge-
- (used to form collective nouns, often with i-umlaut of the main vowel)
- steen > gesteen
- stone > rock
- steen > gesteen
- (used to form verbal nouns that refer to the result of the action)
- skenken > geskenk
- offer > gift
- skenken > geskenk
- (used to form the past participle)
- breken > gebroken
- break > broken
- breken > gebroken
Usage notes
- The nouns formed with the prefix ge- are always neuter gender.
- The participle prefix ge- is not used before inseparable verbal prefixes like and-, be- for-, fore- and or-.