geil

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Adjective [edit]

geil (comparative geiler, superlative geilst)

  1. voluptuous, lusty
  2. (chiefly about males) horny, lusting, randy, sexually focused and/or aroused
  3. (about soil) too fat/ fertile
  4. (about vegetation) too abundantly growing, excessively luscious
  5. (slang) cool
    Haha, geil
  6. sexy, good looking, pretty

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Faroese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse geil, from Proto-Germanic *gailō.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /kaiːl/

Noun [edit]

geil f (genitive singular geilar, plural geilar)

  1. fenced lane along which animals (cattle) can be driven through the bøur out onto the hagi[1]
  2. (plural, in expressions) street
    • tað hoyrist út á geilar
      it is heard out in the street (of noise in a house)
  3. (sheep) hollow on the inside of a ram's horn
  4. (nautical) small passage (e.g. between two skerries)
  5. (sports) lane

Declension [edit]

f6 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative geil geilin geilar geilarnar
Accusative geil geilina geilar geilarnar
Dative geil geilini geilum geilunum
Genitive geilar geilarinnar geila geilanna

References [edit]

  1. ^ W. B. Lockwood: An Introduction to Modern Faroese. Tórshavn: Føroya Skúlabókagrunnur, 3rd printing 1977 p. 212

German [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ɡaɪ̯l/

Adjective [edit]

geil (comparative geiler, superlative am geilsten)

  1. (about plants) abundantly growing
  2. (slang) horny, randy
  3. (slang) super, great
  4. (pejorative, in the phrase "auf etwas geil sein"): to be bent on something
  5. (slang) sexy, good looking, pretty, hot

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