Geisel

German

Etymology 1

From Old High German gīsal, from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz.

Alternative forms

Geißel (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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Noun

Geisel f (genitive Geisel, plural Geiseln)

hostage

Declension

Declension of Geisel

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Geisel	die	Geiseln
genitive	einer	der	Geisel	der	Geiseln
dative	einer	der	Geisel	den	Geiseln
accusative	eine	die	Geisel	die	Geiseln

Noun

Geisel m (genitive Geisels, plural Geisel)

(now rare) hostage

Declension

Declension of Geisel

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Geisel	die	Geisel
genitive	eines	des	Geisels	der	Geisel
dative	einem	dem	Geisel	den	Geiseln
accusative	einen	den	Geisel	die	Geisel

Synonyms

Leibbürge

Derived terms

Geiselnahme
Geiselnehmer
Geiselhaft
Geiseldrama

See also

Beugehaft
Leibbürge
Geißel

Etymology 2

Possibly after the Geisel (river) in Saxony-Anhalt

Proper noun

Geisel m, f (genitive Geisels)

A surname.

Further reading

Geisel in Duden online

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