Geisel

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Geisel.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Gei‧sel
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Proper noun

Geisel (plural Geisels)

  1. A surname from German.

Anagrams

German

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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)

  1. 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
Declension of Geisel
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Geisel die Geiseln
genitive einer der Geisel der Geiseln
dative einer der Geisel den Geiseln
accusative eine die Geisel die Geiseln

Noun

Geisel m (strong, genitive Geisels, plural Geisel)

  1. (archaic) hostage
Declension
Declension of Geisel
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Geisel die Geisel
genitive eines des Geisels der Geisel
dative einem dem Geisel den Geiseln
accusative einen den Geisel die Geisel
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the main lemma.

Noun

Geisel f (genitive Geisel, plural Geiseln)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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

  1. a surname from German
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