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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Geist (plural Geists)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Geist is the 5802nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5966 individuals. Geist is most common among White (95.34%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Geist”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 27.
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German geist, from Old High German geist, from Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰóysdos (“anger, agitation”). Cognate with Dutch geest, West Frisian geast, English ghost, Swedish gast, Persian زشت (zešt, “ugly, hateful, disgusting”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Geist m (strong, genitive Geistes or Geists, plural Geister)
- spirit
- (Christianity) the Holy Spirit; Holy Ghost
- essence
- mind, wit
- ghost; spook
- Synonym: Gespenst
- (Egoistic philosophy) spook
Declension
[edit]Declension of Geist [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]Geist m (strong, genitive Geistes or Geists, plural Geiste)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Geist [masculine, strong]
Further reading
[edit]- “Geist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Geist” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Geist” in Duden online
- Geist on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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