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Geißel

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(Engels)

  1. (Austria, Southern-Germany, Switzerland, feminine) synonym of Peitsche (“whip”)
  2. (feminine) scourge (whip used for flagellation)
  3. (feminine, figuratively) scourge (persistent source of harm, especially when seen as divine punishment)
  4. (feminine) flagellum

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈɡaɪ̯səl/
Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle High German
geisel
Geërf van Old High German
geisila
Verwante met Nederlands
Nederlands
gesel
In summary

From Middle High German geisel(e), from Old High German geisila (“whip”). Cognate with Dutch gesel. The spelling with -ß- reflects sporadic devoicing; compare the frequent pronunciations of niesen or Preiselbeere. Its use for distinguishing between Geißel and Geisel (“hostage”) is an arbitrary convention, which fully established itself only around 1900. (The two words are not related but became merged in Early Modern German.)

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