Geißel

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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

Συνώνυμα

Peitsche

Karbatsche

Plette

Gerte

Plage

Heimsuchung

Schicksalsschlag

Schlag

Unglück

Unheil

Verhängnis

Wimper

Unstern

Flagellum

Cilie

Bürde

Unsegen

Fluch

Last

Prüfung

Reitgerte

Rute

Μεταφράσεις

scourge

gesel

whip

azote

fouet

flagelo

kırbaç

flagellum

flagello

flagelo

fléau

plaag

سوط

açoite

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈɡaɪ̯səl/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Άνω Γερμανικά: geisel

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Άνω Γερμανικά: geisila

Συγγενές με Ολλανδικά: 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.)