geil

Meaning

  1. (mildly, vulgar) salacious; lustful; horny
  2. (colloquial, mildly, vulgar) keen; bent
  3. (colloquial, mildly, vulgar) great; cool; awesome
  4. (colloquial, vulgar) sexy; hot
  5. (archaic) rank, luxuriant (growing abundantly)

Opposite of
ungeil
Frequency

B2
Dialects

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

geil

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

rammlig

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schaarf

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

geil

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡaɪ̯l/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German geil, from Old High German geil, from Proto-West Germanic *gail ("wanton, lustful"), from Proto-Germanic *gailaz ("frothing, arrogant, tempestuous, violent, wanton").

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