geist

== English == === Etymology === From German Geist (“spirit, ghost, mind”). Doublet of ghost. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ɡaɪst/ Rhymes: -aɪst === Noun === geist (plural geists) A ghost, an apparition. Spirit (of a group, age, era, etc). ==== Related terms ==== poltergeist zeitgeist ==== References ==== OED, geist === Anagrams === tiges, Tiegs, gites, gîtes, Stieg == Estonian == === Noun === geist elative singular of gei == Old Frisian == === Pronunciation === (13th CE) IPA(key): [ɡɛːjst] === Verb === gēist second-person singular present indicative of gēia == Old High German == === Alternative forms === gheist, keist === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz. === Noun === geist m (plural geista) spirit ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== fluobargeist ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: geist German: Geist → English: geist → Danish: gejst → Swedish: gejst → Norwegian Bokmål: geist Hunsrik: Geest, Geist Luxembourgish: Geescht Vilamovian: gȧjst Yiddish: גײַסט (gayst)