Hebrew

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡan/

Noun

גַּן • ‎(gan) m ‎(plural indefinite גַּנִּים, singular construct גַּן־, plural construct גַּנֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. a garden

Derived terms

• גִּינָּה
• גַּן יְלָדִים
• גַּן עֵדֶן

Related terms

• גינן \ גִּנֵּן
• גַּנָּן

Etymology 2

From German Gen, accepted by the Academy of the Hebrew Language for similarity to the root ג־נ־ן ‎(g-n-n), which forms words relating to gardening and kindergartens, coined by Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen from Ancient Greek γενεά ‎(geneá, “generation, descent”) from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι ‎(gígnomai, “I come into being”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡɛn/

Noun

גֶּן • ‎(gen) m ‎(plural indefinite גֶּנִים, singular construct גֶּן־)

1. (genetics) a gene

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew גַּן.

Noun

גן • ‎(gan) m, plural גנים ‎(ganem)

1. (especially in Judaic contexts) garden

Synonyms

• גאָרטן ‎(gortn)

Derived terms

• גן־עדן ‎(gan-eydn)