| 话题中的页数: [1 2] > | Off topic: "Geil" - mostly for Germen speakers... 论题张贴者: Rad Graban (X)
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Rad Graban (X) 
英国
Local time: 09:30
English英语译成Slovak斯洛伐克语
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Hi guys,
I used to love this song by "Bruce & Bongo" in 80's and it reached no. 1 in many European countries. Without trying to find out on-line what it means, I am asking here to get some more "insight" and probably some subtle meaning behind "geil" (if there is one). Why is Boris Becker etc. "geil"?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03FnBFscMVM
It is very ... See more Hi guys,
I used to love this song by "Bruce & Bongo" in 80's and it reached no. 1 in many European countries. Without trying to find out on-line what it means, I am asking here to get some more "insight" and probably some subtle meaning behind "geil" (if there is one). Why is Boris Becker etc. "geil"?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03FnBFscMVM
It is very silly, but I'm dying to know. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Heinrich Pesch
芬兰
Local time: 11:30
正式会员 (自2003)
Finnish芬兰语译成German德语
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It has the meaning of "horny", but at least in the 60's it was used by everyone in the meaning of cool, pop etc. Echt geil!
Regards
Heinrich
| | | | Lingua 5B
波斯尼亚黑塞哥维纳
Local time: 10:30
正式会员 (自2009)
English英语译成Croatian克罗地亚语
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I found this title very naughty...
Yes, I agree with what Heinrich has said.I think "sexually aroused" is its first meaning, and it turned into " cool or awesome" later on..
As far as I know it can also refer to " hot or good-looking".. Boris Becker may be " geil" as in cool or awesome.
[Edited at 2009-06-27 19:34 GMT]
| | | | Rad Graban (X)
英国
Local time: 09:30
English英语译成Slovak斯洛伐克语
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Thank you so much.
I was pretty sure there was some "hidden" meaning behind "geil" since it was so famous. Still have no idea what does it mean as an "innocent" word. :~)))
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I have always loved that song (even if I was only 2 or 3 yo at that time)!
Thanks for letting me know about the "hidden" meaning!
Tschuss!
Matteo
| | | | Kai Döring
菲律宾
Local time: 16:30
English英语译成German德语
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SITE LOCALIZER | "Innocent" word | Jun 28, 2009 |
Rad Graban wrote:
Thank you so much.
I was pretty sure there was some "hidden" meaning behind "geil" since it was so famous. Still have no idea what does it mean as an "innocent" word. :~)))
the most "innocent" meaning of geil is 'very nice'
Das ist geil! --> That is very nice.))
| | | | Mats Wiman
瑞典
Local time: 10:30
正式会员 (自2000)
German德语译成Swedish瑞典语
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纪念 | Strictly linguistic into and out of Swedish | Jun 28, 2009 |
Norstedts tysk-svenska ordbok
geil adj
1 kåt/kättjefull (randy, horny, sexually aroused, lustful, lecherous);
auf jmdn. (etw. ack.) ~ sein = be crazy about someone/something
2 häftig, fantastisk =super, cool, awesome;
[echt] ~! häftigt = fantastic, super, cool, awesome
Mats
[Edited at 2009-06-28 15:49 GMT]
| | | | Anke Guido
Local time: 10:30
English英语译成German德语
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Heinrich Pesch wrote:
It has the meaning of "horny", but at least in the 60's it was used by everyone in the meaning of cool, pop etc. Echt geil!
Regards
Heinrich
It still is used in that way by many, also educated, speakers in an informal context. I don't think younger speakers use it much. They tend to use "krass" or "voll krass" at the moment. I wonder what will be the next "cool" term to arise... And whether "krass" will be used as long as "geil"...
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| In the 60 and ever since | Jun 28, 2009 |
Heinrich Pesch wrote:
at least in the 60's it was used by everyone in the meaning of cool, pop etc.
It's being used so widely in this "cool" sense (and always was as far as I remember) that it was an actual effort for me to ban it from my everyday language when my kids began talking (when a baby finds something to his/her liking and calls it "geil", the word suddenly sounds peculiar). So we find that it has been used that way at least for the last 40 years. Bit shocking (I didn't know that!) because each generation seems to avoid it as soon as the next arrives. Well the efforts are obviously wasted.
Edited to add: When people refer to the sexually aroused state, they tend to employ different terms. In everyday language at least where the variety of alternatives is vast, including lots of localisms.
[Bearbeitet am 2009-06-28 20:35 GMT]
| | | | | Geiz ist geil! | Jun 28, 2009 |
I like this word a lot. I learned it when I saw it used in the slogan "Geiz ist geil" from a major chain of shops selling electronic products here in Germany.
I think you can translated as "stinginess is cool" (because you could allegedly get very low prices in their shops).
Daniel
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In Dutch it still has only the 'original' meaning, so for us it sounds very strange when Germans use it to say something is cool
| | | | Samuel Murray
荷兰
Local time: 10:30
正式会员 (自2006)
English英语译成Afrikaans南非语
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Wilmer Brouwer wrote: In Dutch it still has only the 'original' meaning, so for us it sounds very strange when Germans use it to say something is cool
The word "geil" in Afrikaans means "fast-growing" and usually refers to plants only. The sexual connotation is very rare in Afrikaans, and never literal.
I remember reading a Dutch commentary on an Afrikaans poem that contained the word, and it was immediately clear that although the reviewer liked the poem, he had grossly misinterpreted it.
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Lingua 5B
波斯尼亚黑塞哥维纳
Local time: 10:30
正式会员 (自2009)
English英语译成Croatian克罗地亚语
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Samuel Murray wrote:
The word "geil" in Afrikaans means "fast-growing"
* coughs*
Symbolically speaking, it resembles the Dutch meaning.
| | | | Gerard de Noord
法国
Local time: 10:30
正式会员 (自2003)
English英语译成Dutch荷兰语
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| Marcel Bas
Local time: 10:30
English英语译成Dutch荷兰语
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| Geil - jags - glyerig | Aug 28, 2009 |
Hi there,
Yes, the meaning of the Dutch word 'geil' has shifted from 'fertile, fast growing' to 'horny'. As it has in German, where it also means "great!".
This leaves us with the Afrikaans word that denotes "horny". Well, that is "jags". It must have derived from a Dutch word "jachts", which can be analysed as a genitive form of the noun 'jacht', which means 'hunt'.
So you could translate 'jags' more litterally as 'eager to hunt'.  ... See more Hi there,
Yes, the meaning of the Dutch word 'geil' has shifted from 'fertile, fast growing' to 'horny'. As it has in German, where it also means "great!".
This leaves us with the Afrikaans word that denotes "horny". Well, that is "jags". It must have derived from a Dutch word "jachts", which can be analysed as a genitive form of the noun 'jacht', which means 'hunt'.
So you could translate 'jags' more litterally as 'eager to hunt'.
"Geil" is related to words such as "glijden" (to glide).
Best regards,
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