Geißel

Significado (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

azote

flagelo

pestaña

plaga

verdugo

zurriagar

azotar

zurriago

látigo

Sinónimos

Peitsche

Karbatsche

Plette

Gerte

Plage

Heimsuchung

Schicksalsschlag

Schlag

Unglück

Unheil

Verhängnis

Wimper

Unstern

Flagellum

Cilie

Bürde

Unsegen

Fluch

Last

Prüfung

Reitgerte

Rute

Traducciones

scourge

gesel

whip

fouet

flagellum

flagello

flagelo

kırbaç

plaag

açoite

fléau

piaga

سوط

flagellum

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɡaɪ̯səl/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de alto alemán medio: geisel

Heredado de alto alemán antiguo: geisila

Cognado con neerlandés: 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.)