geil

See also: Geil

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gheil, from Old Dutch *geil, from Proto-Germanic *gailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰoylos (frothing, tempestuous, wanton). Cognate to English gole, German geil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɛi̯l/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: geil
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯l

Adjective

geil (comparative geiler, superlative geilst)

  1. voluptuous, lusty
  2. horny, lusting, randy, sexually focused and/or aroused
  3. (about soil) too fat/ fertile
  4. (about vegetation) too abundantly growing, excessively luscious
  5. (slang) cool (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
    Haha, geil
  6. sexy, good looking, pretty

Inflection

Inflection of geil
uninflected geil
inflected geile
comparative geiler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial geilgeilerhet geilst
het geilste
indefinite m./f. sing. geilegeileregeilste
n. sing. geilgeilergeilste
plural geilegeileregeilste
definite geilegeileregeilste
partitive geilsgeilers

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Faroese

FWOTD – 24 November 2013

Etymology

From Old Norse geil, from Proto-Germanic *gailō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaiːl/

Noun

geil f (genitive singular geilar, plural geilar)

  1. fenced lane along which animals (cattle) can be driven through the bøur out onto the hagi[1]
  2. (plural, in expressions) street
    • tað hoyrist út á geilar
      it is heard out in the street (of noise in a house)
  3. (sheep) hollow on the inside of a ram's horn
  4. (nautical) small passage (e.g. between two skerries)
  5. (sports) lane

Declension

f6 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative geil geilin geilar geilarnar
Accusative geil geilina geilar geilarnar
Dative geil geilini geilum geilunum
Genitive geilar geilarinnar geila geilanna

References

  1. W. B. Lockwood: An Introduction to Modern Faroese. Tórshavn: Føroya Skúlabókagrunnur, 3rd printing 1977 p. 212

German

Etymology

From Old High German geil, from Proto-Germanic *gailaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaɪ̯l/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯l

Adjective

geil (comparative geiler, superlative am geilsten)

  1. (mildly vulgar) salacious; lustful; horny
  2. (colloquial, mildly vulgar, with auf) keen on; bent on
  3. (colloquial, mildly vulgar) great; cool; awesome
  4. (colloquial, vulgar, of people) sexy; hot
  5. (dated, of plants) growing abundantly

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • geil in Duden online

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse geil, from Proto-Germanic *gailō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ceiːl/
  • Rhymes: -eiːl

Noun

geil f (genitive singular geilar, nominative plural geilar)

  1. narrow passage, narrow lane

Declension

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