Noun: gissel
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | gissel |
| Sg. Def. | gisslet |
| Pl. Indef. | gissel |
| Pl. Def. | gisslen |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | gissels |
| Sg. Def. | gisslets |
| Pl. Indef. | gissels |
| Pl. Def. | gisslens |
Sample Sentences
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Korruptionen är landets gissel (Corruption is the scourge of the country)
Nouns inflected like gissel
botemedel,
drivmedel,
fängsel,
tvättmedel,
glidmedel,
bekämpningsmedel,
myggmedel,
biodrivmedel,
styrmedel,
bramsegel,
köptempel,
läkemedel,
sömnmedel,
praktarsel,
transportmedel,
besprutningsmedel,
domkapitel,
druvhagel,
diskmedel,
nagellackborttagningsmedel, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Old Swedish gisl and the older gesl, having feminine gender. Used in the 1541 Bible translation with the plural gisslar. Corresponding to Old Norse geisli, related to Old Norse geirr (“spear”), Old English ger (“spear”) and English gear.
2. Cognates include Icelandic geisli, German Geißel, Dutch gesel. See: Old Norse Nouns '
geisli', Old Norse Nouns '
geirr', Old English Nouns '
ger', English Nouns '
gear', Icelandic Nouns '
geisli', German Nouns '
Geißel', Dutch Nouns '
gesel'.
Verbs referencing "gissel"
Finnish Nouns
kaisla.
Translations