geil
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ɣɛi̯l/
adj
Definitions
- voluptuous, lusty
- horny, lusting, randy, sexually focused and/or aroused
- (about soil) too fat/ fertile
- (about vegetation) too abundantly growing, excessively luscious
- (slang) cool
- sexy, good looking, pretty
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch gheil inherited from Old Dutch *geil inherited from *gail inherited from Proto-Germanic *gailaz (excited, merry, luxurious, lush, lustful, voluptious, beautiful, extravagant) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰoylos (frothing, wanton, tempestuous).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰoylos
Gloss
frothing, wanton, tempestuous
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Geilheit German
- geil German
- geldgeil German
- karrieregeil German
- notgeil German
- promigeil German
- bek Dutch, Flemish
- beregeil Dutch, Flemish
- bever Dutch, Flemish
- bevergeil Dutch, Flemish
- bloedgeil Dutch, Flemish
- boter Dutch, Flemish
- botergeil Dutch, Flemish
- geilbek Dutch, Flemish
- geilen Dutch, Flemish
- geilheid Dutch, Flemish
- geilig Dutch, Flemish
- geilneef Dutch, Flemish
- geilzoet Dutch, Flemish
- media Dutch, Flemish
- mediageil Dutch, Flemish
- mediageilheid Dutch, Flemish
- neef Dutch, Flemish
- zoet Dutch, Flemish
- *gʰoylo- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰoylos Proto-Indo-European
- *gailaz Proto-Germanic
- gal Old English
- gheil Middle Dutch
- geil Old High German
- geil Middle High German
- *gail gmw-pro
- *gailisōn gmw-pro
- *geil Old Dutch
- gel Old Saxon
- gjäl Westrobothnian
- *gail Frankish