Talk:ge-

German ge-
I do not believe that all ge- words fit with the two definitions that are already set. First, the two definitions only refer to nouns of collectivity or continuation while there is no speaking of any ge- verbs (gebrauchen, gerinnen, gedenken, genießen, gebieten.... I hope you get the point). By "ge- verbs" I'm not talking about past participles. I was also wondering how Gespräch (which is akin to the OE verb gesprecan and PG *gasprakja) can mean "the chat/talking with one another" with only the collectivity and continuation senses. It would make a lot more sense with a ge- definition of "together" (obsolete, archaic, or used today). This is only speculation, and I do not know if the Germans still keep the PG sense of "together." Anglish4699 (talk) 02:30, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I think there are only two productive uses today: (1) participles and (2) verbal nouns like "Getanze" (dancing), "Geflirte" (flirting), etc. Otherwise, the collective or "together" sense is still vaguely felt in "Gebrüder" (brothers acting together) and some other nouns. With verbs I don't think there's any semantic connection for the contemporary speaker. Of course, "rinnen" (of a liquid: to run) > "gerinnen" (to coagulate) and "frieren" (to be cold) > "gefrieren" (to freeze) continue the perfective sense, but such cases are too isolated. Speakers don't realise it on their own, just through linguistic study. 88.65.40.9 04:27, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

RFV discussion: September 2017–January 2018
Rfv-sense "(slang, wordplay) used with a verb to indicate heterosexual activity".__Gamren (talk) 14:25, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
 * There are no results on Google, Google Groups or Google Books for the forms "gefiki" and "geamori". Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 11:05, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I can find some results for the form "gedormi". 09:53, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * RFV failed.__Gamren (talk) 07:25, 12 January 2018 (UTC)