geest
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
A substantivization 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 gêest, from Old Dutch gēst, geist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeysd-, *ǵʰisd- (“anger, agitation”). Cognate with 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
Derived termsEdit
- bosgeest
- de geest is uit de fles
- geestdrift
- geestdrijver
- geestelijk
- geestig
- geestesziek
- klopgeest
- mensengeest
- plaaggeest
- veldgeest
DescendantsEdit
- Afrikaans: gees
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Dutch geest, from Old Dutch *gēst, a nominalization 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 gast (“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
- ^ J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)
Middle EnglishEdit
VerbEdit
geest
- Alternative form of gesten (“to read poetry”)