geit

Meaning

1. (feminine) goat, any member of the genus Capra
2. (feminine) goat (Capra aegagrus) or the domesticated goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)
3. (feminine) any female of the genus Capra or of the above (sub)species
4. (derogatory, feminine, informal, mildly) a silly or foolish person, particularly said of girls or adolescent women

Concepts

goat

🐐

she-goat

git

nanny goat

nanny-goat

jackalope

buck-goat

billy goat

goat

🐐

doe

Synonyms

bok

sik

meisje

Translations

chèvre

🐐

Ziege

🐐

cabra

capra

🐐

cabra

κατσίκα

cabra

🐐

keçi

🐐

Geiß

🐐

cabra

Zicke

capra

bode

τράγος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɣɛi̯t/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: geit

Inherited from Old Dutch: *geit

In summary

From Middle Dutch geit, from Old Dutch *geit, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.