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geist

Pronunciation: /ɡaɪst/

The English word “geist” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A ghost, an apparition.
  2. Spirit (of a group, age, era, etc).

Etymology

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

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