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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Geisel.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Geisel (plural Geisels)
- A surname from German.
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German gīsel, from Old High German gīsal, from Proto-West Germanic *gīsl, from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz.
Alternative forms
Noun
Geisel f (genitive Geisel, plural Geiseln)
- hostage
- 2012, Simon Kernick, Das Ultimatum: Thriller, Heyne (publisher) (e-book edition without page numbers):
Und wir haben ein Hotel voller Geiseln, darunter den stellvertretenden Direktor des MI6. [...] Wenn ihr uns den Zugang sperrt, wird alle fünf Minuten eine Geisel sterben.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
And we have a hotel full of hostages, including the Depute Director of MI6...if you block the exit, one hostage will die every five minutes
Declension
Noun
Geisel m (strong, genitive Geisels, plural Geisel)
- (archaic) hostage
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
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