geist
English
noun
Definitions
- Ghost, apparition.
- Spirit (of a group, age, era etc).
Etymology
Borrowed from German Geist (spirit, mind, ghost, spook, intellect).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Geist
Gloss
spirit, mind, ghost, spook, intellect
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
霊
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- poltergeist English
- Flaschengeist German
- Forschergeist German
- Freigeist German
- Geist German
- Geisterbahn German
- Geisterfahrer German
- Geisterspiel German
- Geisterstunde German
- Geistesgegenwart German
- Geisteswissenschaft German
- Geisteszustand German
- Kleingeist German
- Poltergeist German
- Quälgeist German
- Schöngeist German
- Teamgeist German
- Weltgeist German
- Zeitgeist German
- geistesabwesend German
- geistlich German
- geistreich German
- *gaistaz Proto-Germanic
- gejst Danish
- geist Middle High German