Geisel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Geisel.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Geisel (plural Geisels)

1. A surname from German.

Anagrams

• Giesel, Gliese, Seelig, Seigel, Seigle, Siegle, lieges

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɪ̯zəl/

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German gīsel, from Old High German gīsal, from Proto-West Germanic *gīsl, from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz.

Alternative forms

• Geißel (obsolete)

Noun

Geisel f (genitive Geisel, plural Geiseln)

1. hostage
   • 2012, Simon Kernick, Das Ultimatum: Thriller, Heyne (publisher) (e-book edition without page numbers):

     Und wir haben ein Hotel voller Geiseln, darunter den stellvertretenden Direktor des MI6. [...] Wenn ihr uns den Zugang sperrt, wird alle fünf Minuten eine Geisel sterben.

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     And we have a hotel full of hostages, including the Depute Director of MI6...if you block the exit, one hostage will die every five minutes

Declension

Declension of Geisel [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Geisel	die	Geiseln
genitive	einer	der	Geisel	der	Geiseln
dative	einer	der	Geisel	den	Geiseln
accusative	eine	die	Geisel	die	Geiseln

Noun

Geisel m (strong, genitive Geisels, plural Geisel)

1. (archaic) hostage

Declension

Declension of Geisel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Geisel	die	Geisel
genitive	eines	des	Geisels	der	Geisel
dative	einem	dem	Geisel	den	Geiseln
accusative	einen	den	Geisel	die	Geisel

Synonyms

• Leibbürge

Derived terms

• Geiselnahme
• Geiselnehmer
• Geiselhaft
• Geiseldrama

Etymology 2

See the main lemma.

Noun

Geisel f (genitive Geisel, plural Geiseln)

1. Obsolete form (now misspelling) of Geißel (“scourge”)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

die Geisel f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Geisel)

1. A river in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Proper noun

Geisel m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Geisels or (with an article) Geisel, plural Geisels or Geisel)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Geisel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Geisel” in Duden online

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Geisel.

Proper noun

Geisel m or f by sense

1. a surname from German