Vokabahn

die Geisel

C2 Noun frequency rank #5,650

What Geisel means

Noun

  1. hostage
  2. scourge (obsolete spelling of Geißel)

Forms

die Geisel · die Geiseln

Plural: Geiseln

Pronunciation

Geisel in a sentence

Tun Sie so, als wären Sie meine Geisel!

Act like you're my hostage.

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Geisel is C2 German — near-native vocabulary, ranked #5,650 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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