geil
German (Berlin)
/ɡaɪ̯l/
adj
Definitions
- (mildly) salacious; lustful; horny
- (colloquial) keen on; bent on
- (colloquial) great; cool; awesome
- (colloquial) sexy; hot
- (archaic) growing abundantly
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German geil inherited from Old High German geil inherited from *gail inherited from Proto-Germanic *gailaz (excited, merry, luxurious, lush, lustful, voluptious, beautiful, extravagant).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gailaz
Gloss
excited, merry, luxurious, lush, lustful, voluptious, beautiful, extravagant
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Geilheit German
- Geld German
- Karriere German
- Not German
- Promi German
- geldgeil German
- karrieregeil German
- notgeil German
- promigeil German
- beregeil Dutch, Flemish
- bevergeil Dutch, Flemish
- bloedgeil Dutch, Flemish
- botergeil Dutch, Flemish
- geil Dutch, Flemish
- geilbek Dutch, Flemish
- geilen Dutch, Flemish
- geilheid Dutch, Flemish
- geilig Dutch, Flemish
- geilneef Dutch, Flemish
- geilzoet Dutch, Flemish
- mediageil Dutch, Flemish
- *gʰoylo- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰoylos Proto-Indo-European
- *gailaz Proto-Germanic
- gal Old English
- gaol Irish
- gaolmhar Irish
- neasghaol Irish
- gheil Middle Dutch
- geil Old High German
- gaol Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- geil Middle High German
- *gail gmw-pro
- *gailisōn gmw-pro
- *geil Old Dutch
- *gailos Proto-Celtic
- gel Old Saxon
- gjäl Westrobothnian
- *gail Frankish
- gáel Middle Irish