Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geest

/ɡiːst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables: geest
IPA: /ɡiːst/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of slightly raised landscape, with sandy and gravelly soils, that occurs in the plains of Northern Germany, the Northern Netherlands and Denmark.

Example Sentences

"the waves, beating agaiņst the geest, were thence repelled upon the marsch."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Geest (from Low German güst (“dry, infertile”, adjective), from Middle Low German gēst (“dry, elevated”, literally “cracking, gaping, yawning”)) or Dutch geest (from Middle Dutch geest, from Old Dutch *gēst (“dry, infertile”)), in either case a substantivization of what was initially an adjective, Proto-Germanic *gais- (“infertile”), ultimately probably from *gīnan. See also German gähnen.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Geest, güst, gēst, *gais-

Inflected Forms

geests (plural)

Rhymes With

least east increased priest beast east-northeast deceased feast ceased yeast leased mideast

Questions

How do you pronounce geest?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡiːst/.
What does geest mean?: A type of slightly raised landscape, with sandy and gravelly soils, that occurs in the plains of Northern Germany, the Northern Netherlands and Denmark.
Where does geest come from?: It is traced to German.

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