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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch geit , from Old Dutch *geit , from Proto-West Germanic *gait , from Proto-Germanic *gaits , from a substrate language.
Pronunciation
Noun
geit f (plural geiten , diminutive geitje n )
goat , any member of the genus Capra
goat (Capra aegagrus ) or the domesticated goat (Capra aegagrus hircus )
any female of the genus Capra or of the above (sub)species
( informal , mildly derogatory ) a silly or foolish person , particularly said of girls or adolescent women
Derived terms
Descendants
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Faroese
geit
Etymology
From Old Norse geit , from Proto-Germanic *gaits , from a substrate language.
Pronunciation
Noun
geit f (genitive singular geitar , plural geitir )
goat
Declension
Derived terms
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse geit , from Proto-Germanic *gaits , from a substrate language.
Pronunciation
Noun
geit f (genitive singular geitar , nominative plural geitur )
a goat
Declension
Declension of geit (feminine )
Derived terms
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
geit f (genitive singular geite , nominative plural geiteanna )
a jump , a start
Declension
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
Middle English
Pronoun
geit
Alternative form of ȝit
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse geit , from Proto-Germanic *gaits , from a substrate language.
Pronunciation
Noun
geit f or m (definite singular geita or geiten , indefinite plural geiter , definite plural geitene )
a goat
Usage notes
One of the nouns whose feminine form is predominant in formal writing.
Derived terms
References
“geit” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse geit , from Proto-Germanic *gaits , from a substrate language.
Pronunciation
Noun
geit f (definite singular geita , indefinite plural geiter , definite plural geitene )
a goat
teat , breast
a nickname for women
Declension
Declension of geit (strong consonant-stem)
feminine
singular
plural
indefinite
definite
indefinite
definite
nominative-accusative
geit
geita
geiter 1
geitene 1
compound-genitive
geite-
―
geite-
―
1 Plural with tonem 1, stemming from older one-syllable forms.
Landsmål declension of geit (strong consonant-stem)
1 Plural with tonem 1, stemming from older one-syllable forms.
Derived terms
References
“geit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gaits ( “ goat ” ) , likely from a substrate language.
Noun
geit f (genitive geitar , plural geitr )
a she-goat
Declension
Declension of geit (strong consonant stem)
Descendants
Further reading
Zoëga, Geir T. (1910 ) “geit ”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic , Oxford: Clarendon Press ; also available at the Internet Archive
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian *gāt , from Proto-West Germanic *gait , from Proto-Germanic *gaits .
Cognate with Dutch geit , English goat , German Geiß .
Pronunciation
Noun
geit c (plural geiten , diminutive geitsje )
goat
Further reading
“geit ”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011