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  2. Geist - Wikipedia

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    Geist (German pronunciation: ⓘ) is a German noun with a significant degree of importance in German philosophy. Geist can be roughly translated into three English meanings: ghost (as in the supernatural entity), spirit (as in the Holy Spirit), and mind or intellect .

  3. Geist (liquor) - Wikipedia

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    Geist (German for 'spirit') is a distilled beverage obtained by maceration of unfermented fruit or other raw materials in neutral spirits, followed by distillation. [1] This differs from fruit brandy , where the alcohol comes from fermenting the fruit's naturally occurring sugars.

  4. Geistesgeschichte - Wikipedia

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    Geistesgeschichte (from German Geist, "spirit" or "mind" [here connoting the metaphysical realm, in contradistinction to the material], and Geschichte, "history") is a concept in the history of ideas denoting the branch of study concerned with the undercurrents of cultural manifestations, within the history of a people, that are peculiar to a specific timeframe.

  5. List of Spanish words of Germanic origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of some Spanish words of Germanic origin. The list includes words from Visigothic, Frankish, Langobardic, Middle Dutch, Middle High German, Middle Low German, Old English, Old High German, Old Norse, Old Swedish, English, and finally, words which come from Germanic with the specific source unknown.

  6. Eau de vie - Wikipedia

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    Similar terms may be local translations or may specify the fruit used to produce it. Although eau de vie is a French term, similar beverages are produced in other countries (e.g., German Schnaps, Greek ούζο, Turkish rakı, Balkan rakia, Romanian țuică, Czech and Slovak pálenka, Hungarian pálinka, and Sri Lankan coconut arrack).

  7. List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English

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    This list contains Germanic elements of the English language which have a close corresponding Latinate form. The correspondence is semantic—in most cases these words are not cognates, but in some cases they are doublets, i.e., ultimately derived from the same root, generally Proto-Indo-European, as in cow and beef, both ultimately from PIE *gʷōus.

  8. Geist (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Geist (surname) Geist, Indianapolis, an area in northeastern Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, named after Geist Reservoir, which it surrounds; Geist, the German name for Apața Commune, Braşov County, Romania; Geist (restaurant) restaurant in an NRHP blacksmith building in Nashville Tennessee; Mount Geist, a mountain in Alaska

  9. Geisteswissenschaft - Wikipedia

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    Geisteswissenschaft (German pronunciation: [ˈɡaɪstəsˌvɪsənʃaft]; plural: Geisteswissenschaften [ˈɡaɪstəsˌvɪsənʃaftən]; "science of mind"; lit. "spirit science") is a set of human sciences such as philosophy, history, philology, musicology, linguistics, theater studies, literary studies, media studies, religious studies and sometimes even jurisprudence, that are traditional in ...