geil

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === (obsolete) geyl === Etymology === From 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 === IPA(key): /ɣɛi̯l/ Hyphenation: geil Rhymes: -ɛi̯l === Adjective === geil (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 sexy, good looking, pretty ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === lieg == Estonian == === Noun === geil adessive singular of gei == Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse geil, from Proto-Germanic *gailō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaiːl/ === Noun === geil f (genitive singular geilar, plural geilar) fenced lane along which animals (cattle) can be driven through the field out onto the pasture (plural, in expressions) street tað hoyrist út á geilar it is heard out in the street (of noise in a house) (sheep) hollow on the inside of a ram's horn (nautical) small passage (e.g. between two skerries) (sports) lane ==== Declension ==== === References === == German == === Etymology === From 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 === IPA(key): /ɡaɪ̯l/ Rhymes: -aɪ̯l === Adjective === geil (strong nominative masculine singular geiler, comparative geiler, superlative am geilsten) (mildly vulgar) salacious; lustful; horny Synonym: wuschig (colloquial, mildly vulgar) keen; bent [with auf ‘on something’] (colloquial, mildly vulgar) great; cool; awesome Antonym: ungeil (colloquial, vulgar, of people) sexy; hot (archaic, of plants) rank, luxuriant (growing abundantly) (Austria) fatty, heavy (of foods) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “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 === Igel == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse geil, from Proto-Germanic *gailō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ceiːl/ Rhymes: -eiːl === Noun === geil f (genitive singular geilar, nominative plural geilir or geilar) narrow passage, narrow lane ==== Declension ==== == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === geile === Etymology === From Old Norse geil f, from Proto-Germanic *gailō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jɛɪːl/ === Noun === geil f or m (definite singular geilen or geila, indefinite plural geilar or geiler, definite plural geilane or geilene) narrow passage, especially between houses a trail for cattle a deep cliff ==== Inflection ==== ==== Related terms ==== gjel === References === “geil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *gailō. === Noun === geil f (genitive geilar, plural geilar) narrow glen, lane ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “geil”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive