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Stephanie Wloch
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Es war ne geile Zeit Aug 28, 2009

ag_translations wrote:
I don't think younger speakers use it much. They tend to use "krass" or "voll krass" at the moment. I wonder what will be the next "cool" term to arise... And whether "krass" will be used as long as "geil"...
No, no, you are wrong. "Krass" is not that established as "geil". For example: "geiler Urlaub" 10.500 Hits
"krasser Urlaub" just 300 hits.
In addition sometimes "krass" has a negative connotation, but "geil" never.

The song "Geile Zeit" by Juli is some kind of a hymn for a lot of kids. Released in 2004, but you can hear it everyday on radiostations aimed at kids and youngsters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K7lDABqW80
 
Stephanie Wloch
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Vergeilen ist ungeil Aug 28, 2009

Samuel Murray wrote:
The word "geil" in Afrikaans means "fast-growing" and usually refers to plants only. The sexual connotation is very rare in Afrikaans, and never literal.
That's interesting, because "vergeilen" is a technical term (botany) for a fast growing plant that has not enough light.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etiolation
 
Charlie Bavington
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remix Aug 28, 2009

On the related links, that song has a New York Horny Remix.
Which might suggest that at least one person took it that way
 
Rad Graban (X)
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Hilarious Aug 28, 2009

Tuliparola wrote:
That's interesting, because "vergeilen" is a technical term (botany) for a fast growing plant that has not enough light.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etiolation


This is really funny and very interesting at the same time. I never expected that my innocent question will result in such interesting linguistic information from so many languages. :~))))
Thank you all! :~))))
 
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I wonder what the meaning is /was in Austria Aug 30, 2009

ag_translations wrote:

krass
It still is used in that way by many, also educated, speakers in an informal context. I don't think younger speakers use it much. They tend to use "krass" or "voll krass" at the moment. I wonder what will be the next "cool" term to arise... And whether "krass" will be used as long as "geil"...


In Hungarian the word is borrowed from Austrian German, probably a very long time ago, and it means sickly, cloying, syrupy, nauseating (too sweet, ower the top) - taste, style, behaviour, etc.
 
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