Meaning
- (mildly, vulgar) salacious; lustful; horny
- (colloquial, mildly, vulgar) keen; bent
- (colloquial, mildly, vulgar) great; cool; awesome
- (colloquial, vulgar) sexy; hot
- (archaic) rank, luxuriant (growing abundantly)
Concepts
Opposite of
ungeil
Synonyms
nicht schlecht
der Hit
phatt
1A
schmissig
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Appenzell Innerrhoden
geil
Basel-Landschaft
rammlig
Basel-Landschaft
schaarf
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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