Ze

English

Article

Ze

1. Eye dialect spelling of the. usually of foreign accent.
   • 1992, Tristan Jones, Adrift, page 257:

     Then one French-American sous-chef, still in his white kitchen gear, climbed down from the cockpit, where he had been inspecting the cabin, peering inside, murmuring, "wonderfool–wonderfool, ze workmansheep!"

Pronoun

Ze

1. Gender-neutral version of the masculine "he" vs. feminine "she;" typically used in the transgender/genderqueer communities. See also hir.

Notes

• "Ze" is typically used (a) when a person's gender is unknown, and the user wishes to avoid assuming a gender, or (b) when the person is known to be neither male nor female in gender, leaving "he" and "she" inappropriate and potentially hurtful. "Ze" is typically advocated for amongst the genderqueer community. The singular usage of "they/their" can be used in place of "ze/hir," which is more polite than using "it" or "he/she."

Anagrams

• EZ

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Preposition

Ze

1. from

Notes

This preposition is followed by the genitive case.

Synonyms

• z

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /zə/

Pronoun

Ze

1. Unstressed form of zij

Notes

Ze is used for both subject (she, they) and object (them).

Declension

Dutch personal pronouns

	subject		object		possessive			reflexive
singular	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	pred.
1st person	ik	'k1	mij	me	mijn	m'n1	mijne	me
2nd person	jij	je	jou	je	jouw	je	jouwe	je
2nd person dialectal	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	zich
3rd person masculine	hij	ie1	hem	'm1	zijn	z'n1	zijne	zich
3rd person feminine	zij	ze	haar	'r1, d'r1	haar	'r1, d'r1	hare	zich
3rd person neuter	het	't1	het	't1	zijn	z'n1	zijne	zich
plural
1st person	wij	we	ons	–	ons, onze2	–	onze	ons
2nd person	jullie	je	jullie	je	jullie	je	–	je
2nd person dialectal	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	zich
3rd person	zij	ze	hen3, hun4	ze	hun	–	hunne	zich
1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective.				3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative).

Idiom

Ze

1. (following an imperative) break a leg, go get 'em, do well, good luck

   Werk ze vanavond!

   Good luck working tonight!

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Japanese

Syllable

Ze

1. The hiragana syllable ぜ (ze) or the katakana syllable ゼ (ze) in Hepburn romanization.

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Lojban

Cmavo

Ze (rafsi zel)

1. seven

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Mandarin

Pinyin syllable

ze

1. Nonstandard spelling of zé.
2. Nonstandard spelling of zè.

Notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Polish

Alternative forms

• z

Etymology

Form of z. From Proto-Slavic *jьz < Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs

Pronunciation

• IPA: /zɛ/

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Preposition

Ze (+ instrumental)

1. with

Preposition

Ze (+ genitive)

1. from

   Jestem ze Szwecji. – I'm from Sweden.

2. made of