Geißel

Etymology 1
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬. The spelling with -ß- reflects sporadic devoicing; compare the frequent pronunciations of or. Its use for distinguishing between and  is an arbitrary convention, which fully established itself only around 1900. (The two words are not related but became merged in Early Modern German.)

Noun

 * 1)  scourge whip used for flagellation
 * 2)  scourge persistent source of harm, especially when seen as divine punishment
 * 3)  flagellum
 * 1)  flagellum
 * 1)  flagellum

Etymology 2
See the main lemma.

Noun
or