Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geng

/dʒˈɛŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables
geng
IPA
/dʒˈɛŋ/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of keng (“malinger”).

name

A surname.

Etymology

* As a south German surname, from obsolete Middle High German genge (“vigorous”), from Old High German gengi (“passable”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangī (“passable”). * As a Chinese surname, Mandarin form of 耿 (gěng).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, genge, gengi, *gangī

Inflected Forms

Gengs (plural)

Homonyms

jeong

Rhymes With

ng eng feng cheng peng deng meng jeong zheng sheng seng teng

Questions

How do you pronounce geng?
The recorded pronunciation is /dʒˈɛŋ/.
What does geng mean?
Alternative form of keng (“malinger”).
Where does geng come from?
It is traced to German.

How to pronounce geng

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