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Geist¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Geist.

proper noun Geists

  1. A surname from German.

geist²

  • /ɡaɪst/ US

Rhymes with -aɪst

Where it comes from

From German Geist (“spirit, ghost, mind”). Doublet of ghost.

noun geists

  1. A ghost, an apparition. The geists eat and drink, but only as geists — not as spirits. ' We have dined,' they say ' sumptuously.' A vapour- ... If dead men tell no tales, their geists will tell them, if they find opportunity.
  2. Spirit (of a group, age, era, etc). The population that today explodes on a stagnant society with a catastrophic echo, is the geist of the times that shock our great nation into a new sense of her grandeur.

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geist. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/geist

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"geist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/geist.

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@misc{geist_2026,
  title = {geist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/geist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}