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/

• Audio:

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• 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

   Hun nieuwe motor is fokking geil.

   Their new bike is fucking ace.

6. sexy, good looking, pretty

Inflection

Declension of geil
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

• bloedgeil
• botergeil
• geilaard
• geilheid
• geilmakend
• geilneef
• mediageil
• zo geil als boter

Anagrams

• lieg

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Estonian

Noun

geil

1. adessive singular of gei

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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
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

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German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɪ̯l/

• Audio:

  (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
   • 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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. (colloquial, vulgar, of people) sexy; hot
5. (archaic, of plants) growing abundantly

Derived terms

• Geilheit
• notgeil
• promigeil

 

Further reading

• “geil” in Duden online

Anagrams

• Igel

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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

declension of geil

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	geil	geilin	geilar	geilarnar
accusative	geil	geilina	geilar	geilarnar
dative	geil	geilinni	geilum	geilunum
genitive	geilar	geilarinnar	geila	geilanna