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You can make 15 words from geit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of geit

geit egit giet iget eigt iegt geti egti gtei tgei etgi tegi gite igte gtie tgie itge tige eitg ietg etig teig iteg tieg

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Definitions and meaning of geit

geit

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch geit, from Old Dutch *geit, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɛi̯t/
• Hyphenation: geit
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯t

Noun

geit f (plural geiten, diminutive geitje n)

1. goat, any member of the genus Capra
2. goat (Capra aegagrus) or the domesticated goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)
3. Any female of the genus Capra or of the above (sub)species.
4. (informal, mildly derogatory) A silly or foolish person, particularly said of girls or adolescent women.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: geit

Anagrams

• giet

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaiːt/

  Rhymes: -aiːt

Noun

geit f (genitive singular geitar, plural geitir)

1. goat

Declension

Derived terms

• geitarbukkur
• geithavur
• geitarostur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ceiːt/

  Rhymes: -eiːt

Noun

geit f (genitive singular geitar, nominative plural geitur)

1. a goat

Declension

Derived terms

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟɛtʲ/

Noun

geit f (genitive singular geite, nominative plural geiteanna)

1. a jump, a start

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24

Middle English

Pronoun

geit

1. Alternative form of ȝit

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæɪ̯t/

Noun

geit f or m (definite singular geita or geiten, indefinite plural geiter, definite plural geitene)

1. a goat

Usage notes

• One of the nouns whose feminine form is predominant in formal writing.

Derived terms

• geitebukk

References

• “geit” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛɪːt/

Noun

geit f (definite singular geita, indefinite plural geiter, definite plural geitene)

1. a goat
2. teat, breast
3. a nickname for women

Declension

Derived terms

• boargeit
• geitebukk

References

• “geit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaits (“goat”), likely from a substrate language.

Noun

geit f (genitive geitar, plural geitr)

1. a she-goat

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: geit
• Faroese: geit
• Norwegian Nynorsk: geit
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: geit
• Old Swedish: gēt, ᚵᚽᛏ
  • Swedish: get
• Old Danish: gēt
  • Danish: ged
    • Norwegian Bokmål: gjet
• Elfdalian: djiet
• Helsingian: gjótt
• Gutnish: gait

References

• “geit”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *gāt, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits.

Pronunciation

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /ɡai̯t/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /ɡɛi̯t/

Noun

geit c (plural geiten, diminutive geitsje)

1. goat

Further reading

• “geit”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011