Feminine
geit
Meaning
- (feminine) goat, any member of the genus Capra
- (feminine) goat (Capra aegagrus) or the domesticated goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)
- (feminine) any female of the genus Capra or of the above (sub)species
- (derogatory,feminine,informal,mildly) a silly or foolish person, particularly said of girls or adolescent women
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɣɛi̯t/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch geit, from Old Dutch *geit, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.
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