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Geisel
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English
Etymology
en :bor de:Geisel + 1
Pronunciation
en
en Gei sel
en En-us-Geisel.ogg US
Proper noun
s
en German.
Anagrams
en eegils Giesel Gliese Seelig Seigel Seigle Siegle lieges
German
de:
Pronunciation
de /ˈɡaɪ̯zəl/
de De-Geisel.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Etymology 1
de hostage
From de gmh gīsel, from de goh gīsal, from de gmw-pro *gīsl, from de gem-pro *gīslaz.
Alternative forms
de Geißel obsolete
Noun
f
hostage
2012, Simon Kernick, Das Ultimatum: Thriller, Heyne (publisher) (e-book edition without page numbers):
de 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 And we have a hotel full of hostages, including the Deputy Director of MI6...if you block the exit, one hostage will die every five minutes.
Declension
f
Noun
m
de archaic hostage
Declension
m
Synonyms
de Leibbürge
Derived terms
de Geiselnahme
de Geiselnehmer
de Geiselhaft
de Geiseldrama
Etymology 2
de scourge
See the main lemma.
Noun
f
de Obsolete form (now misspelling) Geißel scourge
Etymology 3
de
Proper noun
f.article
de river de river s/Saxony-Anhalt c/Germany
Proper noun
m:f,s:-[with an article],s:-
de surname de
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :bor de:Geisel + 1
Proper noun
mfbysense
pt German