gemein
mean; nasty; common (shared).
English translations
- 01
vulgar
- 02
mean
- 03
common
Word details
- German meaning
- Unfreundlich, boshaft, niederträchtig.
- English meaning
- Mean
- Synonym
- niederträchtig, boshaft
- German example
- Es war gemein von ihm, so etwas zu sagen.
- English example
- It was mean of him to say something like that.
- Comparative
- gemeinerSuperlative: am gemeinsten
Related words
- Gemeinwohl
common good
- Gemeinschaft
Community
- Gemeinschaftsgefühl
Community
- Gemeindeverwaltung
municipal administration
- gemeinschaftlich
common
- gemeinschaftlich
communal
- gemeinschaftlich
joint
- Gemeinplatz
cliché
- Einwohnergemeinde
local community
- verallgemeinern
generalize
- verallgemeinern
to generalize
- Einwohnergemeinde
municipality
- Schicksalsgemeinschaft
community of fate
- Buchgemeinschaft
book club
- Staatengemeinschaft
community of states
- Katastralgemeinde
cadastral district
- Bedeutungsverallgemeinerung
semantic generalization
- Marktgemeinde
market town
- Gemeinfreiheit
Public domain
- Gemeinderat
Town council
- gemeingermanisch
Common Germanic
- Gemeindehaus
Community center
- Gemeinschaftsaufgabe
Joint task, common task
- Gemeindebackhaus
Community bakehouse
- gemeinnützig
Non-profit
- gemeingefährlich
dangerous to the public
- gemeinschaftlich
Collaborative
- Gemeinwesen
community
- Gemeinsamkeit
A commonality is something that two or more things or people have in common.
- Gemeinplatz
cliché
- gemeinslawisch
Proto-Slavic
- Gemeinwohl
Common good
- gemeinfrei
Public domain
- Gemeinschaft
community
- Gemeinde
Municipality
- Gemeinschaftswanne
Communal bathtub
- Gemeinheit
Meanness
- gemeint
meant
- Gemeinschaftsraum
Common room
- Gemeingut
Something that belongs to or is available to all members of a community or society.
- gemeinsam
together
- gemeinfasslich
Easily understandable
- Gemeinsprache
Common language
- gemeinschaftsbildend
Community-building
- gemeinsame Sache machen
"To make common cause" means to ally oneself with someone or a group in order to achieve a common goal.
- Gemeindeverwaltung
Municipal administration
Example sentences with “gemein”
Das war sehr gemein von dir. (That was very mean of you.)
Frequently asked questions
How do you distinguish the meanings?
Context: 'gemein' as 'mean' is common in speech; 'gemein' as 'common/shared' is often found in compounds (e.g., 'Gemeinschaft').