2006-11-04 05:32:07 · 18 answers · asked by lookmeup22 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
It is german for noisy spirit
2006-11-04 05:39:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Easy, sorry Poltergeist comes from German and translates as "noisy ghost".
2006-11-04 13:42:53 · answer #2 · answered by Quizard 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
keep this site for future reference too!
its German.
Poltergeist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Many accounts of poltergeist activity detail objects being thrown about the room, ... These are the major theories for poltergeist phenomena. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltergeist - 36k
2006-11-04 13:42:40 · answer #3 · answered by homelessinorangecounty 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
technically "geist" means spirit or ghost . In this case, noisy ghost...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltergeist
2006-11-04 13:43:40 · answer #4 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
http://www.mysteriouspeople.com/Poltergeist-Activity.htm
2006-11-04 13:34:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's German for "house ghost".
EDIT, actually the person below me is right, it is "noisy spirit" so just ignore my answer! lol
2006-11-04 13:33:54 · answer #6 · answered by Sexy_Bunny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from the German language, "Polter" means "Invisible" and "Geist" means "Ghost"
PolterGiest - Invisible ghost
2006-11-04 13:37:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a literal german translation for "noisy spirit".
2006-11-04 13:34:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I think its German and it means noisy ghost.
2006-11-04 14:58:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's German for noisy (polter) ghost (geist).
2006-11-04 13:40:49 · answer #10 · answered by kim_in_craig 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋