Masculine
geest
Meaning
- (masculine) ghost, spirit, immaterial being
- (masculine) mind, mental consciousness
- (masculine) mindset, mentality
- (masculine) life force, vital energy
- (masculine) spirit, gas, distillate, essence
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɣeːst/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gêest, from Old Dutch gēst, geist, from Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeysd-, *ǵʰisd- (“anger, agitation”). Cognates Cognate with German Geist, West Frisian geast, English ghost, Swedish gast.
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