gisting

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɪstɪŋ

Verb

gisting

  1. present participle of gist

Noun

gisting (plural gistings)

  1. (rare, nonstandard) summary, summarization/summarisation
    • 1996,

Michael Arnold Williams, Researching local history: the human journey, page 64:

    • Currently almost every paper seems to feel that its readers ought to be interested in the newspaper's own comments on the news, while of the news itself the reader would want merely some gistings or highlights […]

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Noun

gisting f (plural gistingen)

  1. fermentation

Icelandic

Etymology

From gista +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈcɪstiŋk/

Verb

gisting f (genitive singular gistingar, nominative plural gistingar)

  1. night's lodging

Declension
declension of gisting
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gisting gistingin gistingar gistingarnar
accusative gistingu gistinguna gistingar gistingarnar
dative gistingu gistingunni gistingum gistingunum
genitive gistingar gistingarinnar gistinga gistinganna

Derived terms
  • biðjast gistingar (to ask to stay for the night, to ask for a bed for the night)
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