# -gen
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French -gène, from the Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

### Suffix

-gen
* A producer of something, or an agent in the production of something.
    mutagen ― an agent that gives rise to mutations
    tormogen ― a cell that forms a socket

#### Usage notes

Used to form the names of three chemical elements: hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.

#### Related terms

* gene
* genesis
* genetic
* -gene
* -genic
* -genous
* -geny

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Neg, ENG, neg, Eng., eng, neg., eng., NGE, /neg, NEG

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from French -gène, from the Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

### Pronunciation

* The stress is an the preceding syllable, which has a grave accent if possible.

### Suffix

-gen m (noun-forming suffix, plural -gens)
* -gen

### Suffix

-gen (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -gena, masculine plural -gens, feminine plural -genes)
* -genic

#### Usage notes

* The stress is on the preceding syllable, e.g. androgen, feminine andrògena, masculine plural andrògens.

### Related terms

* gen

## Danish
### Etymology

From French -gène, from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs). Only in borrowed words.

### Suffix

-gen
* of a certain kind (adjectives)

### Suffix

-gen
* (adjectives and nouns) (substance) that causes what the first term denotes

#### Derived terms
### References

* “-gen” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Garo
### Suffix

-gen (A·chik)
* future tense suffix

#### See also

* -noa (Mandi)

## German
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡən/

#### Suffix

-gen n
* used to make diminutives (especially in the 18th century)

##### Synonyms

* -chen (-ken)
* -lein (-erl, -le)

##### Derived terms

* Männgen, Städtgen, Weibgen, Wölkgen

### Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, “producer of”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡeːn/

#### Suffix

-gen
* A producer of something
* producing something

##### Related terms

* Genus

## Japanese
### Romanization

-gen
* Rōmaji transcription of げん

## Malay
### Etymology

Formerly spelt as -jan, borrowed from English -gen, from French -gène, from the Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

### Pronunciation

* (English-based) IPA: [-d͡ʒən]
* (Baku) IPA: [-ɡən]
* Hyphenation: -gen

### Suffix

-gen (Jawi spelling ـݢن)
* (non-productive) -gen
    oksigen ― oxygen

#### Usage notes

Only found in English borrowings.

#### Derived terms
### References

* ↑ Asmah Haji Omar (1978) “The Role of Language Standardisation in the Coining of Technical Terms in Bahasa Malaysia”, in Papers from the Conference on the Standardisation of Asian Languages, Manila, Philippines, December 16-21, 1974‎, pages 233–234

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From French -gène, from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

### Suffix

-gen
* forming adjectives

### Suffix

-gen n
* forming nouns

#### Derived terms
### References

* “-gen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “-gen” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From French -gène, from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

### Suffix

-gen
* forming adjectives

### Suffix

-gen n
* forming nouns

#### Derived terms
### References

* “-gen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɛn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛn
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
* Homophone: gen

### Suffix

-gen m inan
* -gen
    ‎alergia + ‎-gen → ‎alergen

#### Derived terms
### See also

* -genia

### Further reading

* -gen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Turkish
### Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía), possibly through French -gone.

#### Suffix

-gen
* having sides; -gon

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *-gan, *-gen.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɟen/

#### Suffix

-gen
* Form of -gan after the vowels E / İ / Ö / Ü.
    ‎gez- (“to wander, to go about”) + ‎-egen → ‎gezegen (“planet”)
    ‎çekin- (“to abstain, to hesitate”) + ‎-gen → ‎çekingen (“shy, reserved”)
    ‎çalış- (“to work, to study”) + ‎-kan → ‎çalışkan (“hardworking”)

### References

* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+gen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük