geul

• geule

From Middle Dutch geule, from two possible origins (which may have merged):

• from Old French goule (“mouth”), and/or
• from Old Dutch *gulja (as in the hydronym Geul, attested in 10th-century Latin as Gulia), of Proto-Germanic origin; perhaps cognate with Swedish göl.

• IPA^(key): /ɣøːl/

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• Hyphenation: geul
• Rhymes: -øːl

geul f (plural geulen, diminutive geultje n)

1. gully, trench, channel