Geisel
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Geisel (plural Geisels)
- A surname from German.
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German gīsel, from Old High German gīsal, from Proto-West Germanic *gīsl, from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz.
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Geisel f (genitive Geisel, plural Geiseln)
- 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.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
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- 2012, Simon Kernick, Das Ultimatum: Thriller, Heyne (publisher) (e-book edition without page numbers):
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Declension of Geisel [feminine]
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Geisel m (strong, genitive Geisels, plural Geisel)
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Declension of Geisel [masculine, strong]
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Etymology 2 edit
See the main lemma.
Noun edit
Geisel f (genitive Geisel, plural Geiseln)
- Obsolete form (now misspelling) of Geißel (“scourge”)
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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die Geisel f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Geisel)
- A river in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Proper noun edit
Geisel m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Geisels or (with an article) Geisel, plural Geisels or Geisel)
- a surname
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Geisel m or f by sense
- a surname from German