geil
German, adjective/ɡaɪ̯l/
geil is spelled G-E-I-L (4 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written German, the 1,735th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geil is a German adjective meaning “salacious; lustful; horny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf sexuelle Weise erregt, sexuell fordernd, jemanden sexuell attraktiv findend”.
What does geil mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vulgarsalacious; lustful; horny
- 2
colloquialvulgarkeen; bent
- 3
colloquialvulgargreat; cool; awesome
- 4
colloquialvulgarsexy; hot
- 5
archaicrank, luxuriant (growing abundantly)
- 6
Austriafatty, heavy (of foods)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf sexuelle Weise erregt, sexuell fordernd, jemanden sexuell attraktiv findend 2. ganz hervorragend 3. wegen Konkurrenzdrucks von den Seiten her überschnell nach oben wachsend, ungesund üppig wuchernd, stark bewachsen 4. fett, (zu) stark gedüngt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of geil
- geiler masculine nominative singular
- am geilsten superlative
- geile feminine nominative singular
- geiles neuter nominative singular
- geilen genitive masculine singular
- geilem dative masculine singular
- der geile definite includes-article masculine
- die geile definite feminine includes-article
- das geile definite includes-article neuter
- die geilen definite includes-article nominative
- des geilen definite genitive includes-article
- der geilen definite feminine genitive
- dem geilen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce geil?
- /ɡaɪ̯l/
- [ɡaɪ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to geil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is geil in German?
geil appears 49 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).