Masculine
Geist
Meaning
- (masculine, strong) spirit
- (masculine, strong) the Holy Spirit; Holy Ghost
- (masculine, strong) essence
- (masculine, strong) mind, wit
- (masculine, strong) ghost; spook
- (masculine, strong) spook
Concepts
ready wit
witty
main object
talented man
departed soul
principal object
true aim
wit and intelligence
life energy
one’s soul
spirit of the deceased
spectre specter
Synonyms
Schutzgeist
Spukgestalt
Hochbegabter
Scharfsinnigkeit
Scheinbild
Denkfähigkeit
Denkvermögen
Geistererscheinung
Triebfeder
Wesensart
Phantasma
unheimliche Erscheinung
rasche Auffassungsgabe
geistige Energie
Seele eines Verstorbenen
Hauptzweck
gemeinter Inhalt
Geist eines Verstorbenen
Grundidee
schnelle Auffassungsgabe
Spirit
niedere Gottheit
verdammte Seele
Gehirnschmalz
Fabeltier
Findigkeit
Flinkheit
Freigiebigkeit
Geisteskraft
Gemütsart
Gescheitheit
Grundgedanke
Logos
Schlagfertigkeit
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
grips
Basel-Landschaft
gritz
Basel-Landschaft
spryt
Basel-Landschaft
sprutz
Basel-Landschaft
witz
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡaɪ̯st/
Etymology
From Middle High German geist, from Old High German geist, from Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰóysdos (“anger, agitation”). Cognate with Dutch geest, West Frisian geast, English ghost, Swedish gast, Persian زشت (zešt, “ugly, hateful, disgusting”).
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