Geisel

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Geisel. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Gei‧sel === Proper noun === Geisel (plural Geisels) A surname from German. === Anagrams === Giesel, Gliese, Seelig, Seigel, Seigle, Siegle, lieges == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡaɪ̯zəl/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German gīsel, from Old High German gīsal, from Proto-West Germanic *gīsl, from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz. ==== Alternative forms ==== Geißel (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== Geisel f (genitive Geisel, plural Geiseln) hostage 2012, Simon Kernick, Das Ultimatum: Thriller, Heyne (publisher) (e-book edition without page numbers): . ===== Declension ===== ==== Noun ==== Geisel m (strong, genitive Geisels, plural Geisel) (archaic) hostage ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== Leibbürge ===== Derived terms ===== Geiselnahme Geiselnehmer Geiselhaft Geiseldrama === Etymology 2 === See the main lemma. ==== Noun ==== Geisel f (genitive Geisel, plural Geiseln) Obsolete form (now misspelling) of Geißel (“scourge”) === Etymology 3 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Proper noun ==== die Geisel f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Geisel) a river in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany ==== Proper noun ==== Geisel m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Geisels or (with an article) Geisel, plural Geisels or Geisel) a surname === Further reading === “Geisel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Geisel” in Duden online == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Geisel. === Proper noun === Geisel m or f by sense a surname from German