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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡaɪst/ [US] Forms: geists [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪst Etymology: From German Geist (“spirit, ghost, mind”). Doublet of ghost. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Geist|t=spirit, ghost, mind}} German Geist (“spirit, ghost, mind”), {{doublet|en|ghost}} Doublet of ghost Head templates: {{en-noun}} geist (plural geists)
  1. Ghost, apparition.
    Sense id: en-geist-en-noun-Kx8USs5S
  2. Spirit (of a group, age, era, etc).
    Sense id: en-geist-en-noun-QOEbC64x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: poltergeist, zeitgeist

Noun [Estonian]

Head templates: {{head|et|noun form}} geist
  1. elative singular of gei Tags: elative, form-of, singular Form of: gei
    Sense id: en-geist-et-noun-ds6De-TB Categories (other): Estonian entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Old High German]

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*gaist}} Proto-West Germanic *gaist, {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*gaistaz}} Proto-Germanic *gaistaz Head templates: {{head|goh|noun|plural|geista|||g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} geist m (plural geista), {{goh-noun|m|geista}} geist m (plural geista) Inflection templates: {{goh-decl-noun-a-m|geist}} Forms: geista [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], geist [nominative, singular], geista [nominative, plural], geist [accusative, singular], geista [accusative, plural], geistes [genitive, singular], geisto [genitive, plural], geiste [dative, singular], geistum [dative, plural], geistu [instrumental, singular], - [instrumental, plural]
  1. spirit Tags: masculine Synonyms: gheist, keist Derived forms: fluobargeist
    Sense id: en-geist-goh-noun-pomZrdMl Categories (other): Old High German entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goh-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geist",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geista",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geist",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geista",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geistes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geisto",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geiste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geistum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geistu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "geista",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "geist m (plural geista)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "geista"
      },
      "expansion": "geist m (plural geista)",
      "name": "goh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "geist"
      },
      "name": "goh-decl-noun-a-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old High German a-stem nouns",
        "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old High German lemmas",
        "Old High German masculine nouns",
        "Old High German nouns",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spirit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "gheist"
    },
    {
      "word": "keist"
    }
  ],
  "word": "geist"
}

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