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====Declension====
====Declension====
{{is-decl-noun-f-s1|g|ei|l}}
{{is-decl-noun-f-s1|g|ei|l}}

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==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|nn|geile}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nn|non|geil|g=f}}, from {{inh|nn|gem-pro|*gailō}}.

===Noun===
{{nn-noun-multi|m1|f1}}

# narrow [[passage]], especially between [[house]]s
# a [[deep]] [[cliff]]

====Inflection====
{{nn-noun-infl
|Aasen1=Geil {{g|f}}
|Aasen2=''Geili''
|Aasen3=Geilar
|Aasen4=''Geilarna''
|1901d=''geilarne'' (''geilane'')
|1917b=geila, ''geili''
|1917c=geilar, geiler
|1917d=geilane, geilene
|1938b=geila [''geili'']
|1938c=geiler
|1938d=geiler
|1959a=geil {{g|m|f}}
|1959b=geilen, geila [''geili'']
|1959c=geilar, geiler
|1959d=geilar, geilene
|2012a=geil {{g|m|f}}
|2012b=geilen, geila
|2012c=geilar, geiler
|2012d=geilane, geilene
}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|nn|gjel}}

===References===
* {{R:ND}}

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==Old Norse==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|non|gem-pro|*gailō}}.

===Noun===
{{non-noun|f|geilar|geilar}}

# narrow [[glen]], [[lane]]

====Declension====
{{non-decl-f-o|geil}}

====Descendants====
{{top2}}
* {{desc|is|geil}}
* {{desc|fo|geil}}
* {{desc|nn|geil|g=m|g2=f}}
* {{desc|nb|geil|g=m|g2=f}}
{{bottom}}

===References===
* {{R:Zoega}}

Revision as of 15:40, 20 January 2021

See also: Geil

Dutch

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɛi̯l/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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

Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

geil

  1. adessive singular of gei

Faroese

FWOTD – 24 November 2013

Etymology

From Old Norse geil, from Proto-Germanic *gailō.

Pronunciation

Noun

geil f (genitive singular geilar, plural geilar)

  1. fenced lane along which animals (cattle) can be driven through the field out onto the pasture[1]
  2. (plural, in expressions) street
  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

References

  1. ^ W. B. Lockwood: An Introduction to Modern Faroese. Tórshavn: Føroya Skúlabókagrunnur, 3rd printing 1977 p. 212

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Declension

Template:de-decl-adj

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse geil, from Proto-Germanic *gailō.

Pronunciation

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse geil f, from Proto-Germanic *gailō.

Noun

geil f or m (definite singular geilen or geila, indefinite plural geilar or geiler, definite plural geilane or geilene)

  1. narrow passage, especially between houses
  2. a deep cliff

Inflection

Historical inflection of geil
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Aasen1 Geil f Geili Geilar Geilarna
1901 geilarne (geilane)
1917 geila, geili geilar, geiler geilane, geilene
1938 geila [geili] geiler geiler
1959 geil m or f geilen, geila [geili] geilar, geiler geilar, geilene
2012 (current) geil m or f geilen, geila geilar, geiler geilane, geilene

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.

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gailō.

Noun

geil f (genitive geilar, plural geilar)

  1. narrow glen, lane

Declension

  Declension of geil (strong ō-stem)
feminine 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

Descendants

  • Icelandic: geil
  • Faroese: geil
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References

  • “geil”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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