Standard Lemma guide

Gheg

adj · name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɡɛɡ/
  • rhymes with -ɛɡ

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to this people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Gheg dialects

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The Albanian dialect group spoken by this people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Northern Albanian, living north of the Shkumbin river, speaker of a Gheg dialect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Gheg dialect

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Albanian

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian gegë.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gegë — pertaining to this people
  • Aromanian: ghigãnescu — pertaining to this people
  • French: guègue — pertaining to this people
  • German: gegisch — pertaining to this people
  • Italian: ghego — pertaining to this people
  • Albanian: gegërishte — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蓋格方言 /盖格方言 (Gàigé fāngyán) — language
  • Dutch: Gegisch — language
  • Esperanto: gega — language
  • Esperanto: gega lingvo — language
  • Esperanto: geg-albana lingvo — language
  • French: guègue — language
  • German: Gegisch — language
  • Italian: ghego — language
  • Japanese: ゲグ方言 (Gegu-hōgen) — language
  • Polish: dialekt gegijski — language
  • Russian: ге́гский диале́кт (gégskij dialékt) — language
  • Russian: ге́гский (gégskij) — language
  • Spanish: guego — language
  • Albanian: gegë — member of the Gheg people
  • Aromanian: ghegan — member of the Gheg people
  • Aromanian: ghegã — member of the Gheg people
  • French: Guègue — member of the Gheg people
  • German: Geg — member of the Gheg people
  • Italian: ghego — member of the Gheg people