geil
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch gheil, from Old Dutch *geil, from Proto-West Germanic *gail, from Proto-Germanic *gailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰoylos (“frothing, tempestuous, wanton”). Cognate to English gole, German geil.
The slang meaning of "cool" was likely borrowed from German geil.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgeil (comparative geiler, superlative geilst)
- voluptuous, lusty
- horny, lusting, randy, sexually focused and/or aroused
- (about soil) too fat/ fertile
- (about vegetation) too abundantly growing, excessively luscious
- (slang) cool
- Hun nieuwe motor is fokking geil.
- Their new bike is fucking ace.
- sexy, good looking, pretty
Declension
editDeclension of geil | ||||
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uninflected | geil | |||
inflected | geile | |||
comparative | geiler | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | geil | geiler | het geilst het geilste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | geile | geilere | geilste |
n. sing. | geil | geiler | geilste | |
plural | geile | geilere | geilste | |
definite | geile | geilere | geilste | |
partitive | geils | geilers | — |
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editEstonian
editNoun
editgeil
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse geil, from Proto-Germanic *gailō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgeil f (genitive singular geilar, plural geilar)
- fenced lane along which animals (cattle) can be driven through the field out onto the pasture[1]
- (plural, in expressions) street
- (sheep) hollow on the inside of a ram's horn
- (nautical) small passage (e.g. between two skerries)
- (sports) lane
Declension
editf6 | singular | plural | ||
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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
edit- ^ W. B. Lockwood: An Introduction to Modern Faroese. Tórshavn: Føroya Skúlabókagrunnur, 3rd printing 1977 p. 212
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German geil, from Old High German geil, from Proto-West Germanic *gail ("wanton, lustful"), from Proto-Germanic *gailaz ("frothing, arrogant, tempestuous, violent, wanton").
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgeil (strong nominative masculine singular geiler, comparative geiler, superlative am geilsten)
- (mildly vulgar) salacious; lustful; horny
- 1906, Felix Salten, Josefine Mutzenbacher[1]:
- Aber er küßte nur mit den Lippen. Mit der Zunge tat er gar nichts. Und diese heißen Küsse machten mich noch viel geiler, als wenn er mich geschleckt hätte.
- But he kissed me just with the lips. He did not do anything with his tongue. And these hot kisses made me still much more randy, than if he had licked me.
- (colloquial, mildly vulgar) keen; bent [with auf ‘on something’]
- (colloquial, mildly vulgar) great; cool; awesome
- Antonym: ungeil
- 2011, “Poesie Album”, in SchwarzWeiss, performed by Samy Deluxe:
- Lass sie alle reden, lass die Halle beben / Was für'n geiles Leben, ich mache Scheine, scheine / Indem ich Reime reime so wie Heinrich Heine
- Let them all talk, let the hall quake / What an awesome life, I make money / with rhyming like Heinrich Heine
- 2019, “Hey Dealer”, in Die Sterne, performed by Die Sterne:
- Hey Dealer / das ist ganz schön geil / fühlt sich an wie Sonnenschein / alles ganz schön real
- Hey dealer / this is pretty awesome / feels like sun shine / all pretty real
- (colloquial, vulgar, of people) sexy; hot
- (archaic, of plants) rank, luxuriant (growing abundantly)
- 1787, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Die Leiden des jungen Werther [The Sorrows of Young Werther][3], volume 1:
- Sag' du: ‘das ist zu hart! Sie schränkt nur ein, beschneidet die geilen Reben’ etc.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 467:
- Dem Walde ging es nicht gut, er krankte an dieser geilen Flechte, sie drohte ihn zu ersticken, das war die allgemeine Meinung, während der kleine Zug auf dem Nadelwege vorwärts schritt, […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
editnumber & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist geil | sie ist geil | es ist geil | sie sind geil | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | geiler | geile | geiles | geile |
genitive | geilen | geiler | geilen | geiler | |
dative | geilem | geiler | geilem | geilen | |
accusative | geilen | geile | geiles | geile | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der geile | die geile | das geile | die geilen |
genitive | des geilen | der geilen | des geilen | der geilen | |
dative | dem geilen | der geilen | dem geilen | den geilen | |
accusative | den geilen | die geile | das geile | die geilen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein geiler | eine geile | ein geiles | (keine) geilen |
genitive | eines geilen | einer geilen | eines geilen | (keiner) geilen | |
dative | einem geilen | einer geilen | einem geilen | (keinen) geilen | |
accusative | einen geilen | eine geile | ein geiles | (keine) geilen |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist geiler | sie ist geiler | es ist geiler | sie sind geiler | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | geilerer | geilere | geileres | geilere |
genitive | geileren | geilerer | geileren | geilerer | |
dative | geilerem | geilerer | geilerem | geileren | |
accusative | geileren | geilere | geileres | geilere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der geilere | die geilere | das geilere | die geileren |
genitive | des geileren | der geileren | des geileren | der geileren | |
dative | dem geileren | der geileren | dem geileren | den geileren | |
accusative | den geileren | die geilere | das geilere | die geileren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein geilerer | eine geilere | ein geileres | (keine) geileren |
genitive | eines geileren | einer geileren | eines geileren | (keiner) geileren | |
dative | einem geileren | einer geileren | einem geileren | (keinen) geileren | |
accusative | einen geileren | eine geilere | ein geileres | (keine) geileren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist am geilsten | sie ist am geilsten | es ist am geilsten | sie sind am geilsten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | geilster | geilste | geilstes | geilste |
genitive | geilsten | geilster | geilsten | geilster | |
dative | geilstem | geilster | geilstem | geilsten | |
accusative | geilsten | geilste | geilstes | geilste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der geilste | die geilste | das geilste | die geilsten |
genitive | des geilsten | der geilsten | des geilsten | der geilsten | |
dative | dem geilsten | der geilsten | dem geilsten | den geilsten | |
accusative | den geilsten | die geilste | das geilste | die geilsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein geilster | eine geilste | ein geilstes | (keine) geilsten |
genitive | eines geilsten | einer geilsten | eines geilsten | (keiner) geilsten | |
dative | einem geilsten | einer geilsten | einem geilsten | (keinen) geilsten | |
accusative | einen geilsten | eine geilste | ein geilstes | (keine) geilsten |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “geil” in Duden online
- “geil” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “geil” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Anagrams
editIcelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse geil, from Proto-Germanic *gailō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgeil f (genitive singular geilar, nominative plural geilir or geilar)
Declension
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse geil f, from Proto-Germanic *gailō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgeil f or m (definite singular geilen or geila, indefinite plural geilar or geiler, definite plural geilane or geilene)
Inflection
editHistorical inflection of geil
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. |
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “geil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *gailō.
Noun
editgeil f (genitive geilar, plural geilar)
Declension
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “geil”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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