gisting

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪstɪŋ

Verb

gisting

1. present participle and gerund of gist

Noun

gisting (plural gistings)

1. (rare, nonstandard) summary, summarization/summarisation
   • 1964, 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

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Etymology

From gisten (“to ferment”) +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gisting f (plural gistingen, no diminutive)

1. fermentation

Icelandic

Etymology

From gista +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɪstiŋk/

Noun

gisting f (genitive singular gistingar, nominative plural gistingar)

1. a night's lodging and accommodation (in an inn, hotel, etc.)

Declension

Declension of gisting (feminine)

	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”)

Further reading

• “gisting” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)