Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gein

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: gein
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Hence, a most interesting conclusion—without salts and gein we have no vegetable production. The gein in solution is essential to fruit, and yet, without the salts, the insolubility of gein would leave the soil barren."
"The humic acid and other similar acids (ulmic, geïn, &c.) have a very strong affinity for ammonia, which itself is essential to the nourishment of forest growth, as plants have only a limited power of assimilating the free nitrogen of the air."
"Thus with a free supply of air the residue is mainly humin; with less air it is ulmin; and when air is excluded it is gein."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Geïn, coined by Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1832, from Ancient Greek γήινος (gḗinos, “of earth”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: γήινος

Usage

Questions

What does gein mean?: Humic acid.
Where does gein come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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