generation
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Inherited from Middle English generacioun, from Anglo-Norman generacioun, Middle French generacion, and their source, Latin generātiō, from generāre (“to beget, generate”). By surface analysis, generate + -ion.
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generation (countable and uncountable, plural generations)
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generation c (singular definite generationen, plural indefinite generationer)
common gender |
singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | generation | generationen | generationer | generationerne |
genitive | generations | generationens | generationers | generationernes |
generation f (plural generations)
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generation c
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singular | indefinite | generation | generations |
definite | generationen | generationens | |
plural | indefinite | generationer | generationers |
definite | generationerna | generationernas |
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