Feminin

Geest

Sätze
Bedeutung (Englisch)

geest (a somewhat elevated landscape in a plain with sandy grounds and frequent heaths)

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ɡeːst/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Via German Low German from Middle Low German gēst, from Middle Low German gēst (“dry, elevated”, literally “cracking, gaping, yawning”), from Old Saxon gīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *gīnan. See also gähnen. Cognate with Dutch geest (“heathland”).

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes