Usage examples of "Geist" in German with translation to English

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Translations: all44 mind16 ghost12 spirit8 esprit1 other translations7
Ich gehe Maria gerne auf den Geist. I like to annoy Mary.
Ich gehe meiner Schwester auf den Geist. I am annoying my sister.
Geist ist die Würze der Unterhaltung. Wit gives zest to conversation.
Die Hitze geht mir auf den Geist. The heat really gets me.
Mein Fernseher hat wieder den Geist aufgegeben. My TV is on the fritz again.
Die Lambdasonde hat schon wieder den Geist aufgegeben. The lambda sensor is on the fritz again.
Nur ein männlicher, vom Sexualtrieb vernebelter Geist konnte das zu klein geratene, schmalschultrige, breithüftige und kurzbeinige Geschlecht das schöne Geschlecht nennen. Only a male intellect clouded by the sexual drive could call the stunted, narrow-shouldered, broad-hipped and short-legged sex the fair sex.
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