geest
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
A substantivisation of Low German güst (“dry and infertile”, adjective).
NounEdit
geest (plural geests)
- A type of slightly raised landscape, with sandy and gravelly soils, that occurs in the plains of Northern Germany, the Northern Netherlands and Denmark.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of R. Jameson to this entry?)
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PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch geest, from Old Dutch gēst, geist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeysd-, *ǵʰisd- (“anger, agitation”).
Compare German Geist, West Frisian geast, English ghost, Swedish gast.
NounEdit
geest m (plural geesten, diminutive geestje n)
- ghost, spirit
- mind, mental conscience
- life force, vital energy
- (alchemy) spirit, gas, distillate, essence
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- Idioms and expressions
- De armen der geest.
- Simpletons.
- De geest is uit de fles.
- The situation has become uncontrollable.
- Helder voor de geest staan.
- Having a clear recall of something.
- De armen der geest.
- Idioms and expressions
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Dutch geest, from Old Dutch *gēst, a nominalisation of an adjective that meant "dry, infertile", a derivation of Proto-Germanic *gais- (“infertile”).
Cognate to West Frisian gaast, geast (as in the Dutch/Frisian place name Gaasterland) and German Geest (which is borrowed from Low German). Other derivations of *gais- are: Old English gæsne (“infertility, poverty”), Old French gaste (“waste”) and Icelandic gisinn (“dry”).[1][2]
NounEdit
geest m (plural geesten, diminutive geestje n)
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Geest”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, ISBN 3-11-006800-1
- ^ J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)