Kiel

See also: kiel and kieł

English

Proper noun

Kiel

A city in northern Germany.
A city in Wisconsin.

Translations

city in Holstein, Germany

Danish: Kiel
German: Kiel (de) n
Icelandic: Kíl f
Low German:
German Low German: Kiel n

North Frisian: Kil
Polish: Kilonia (pl) f

Anagrams

-like, Kile, Like, kile, liek, like

Dutch

Etymology

From kiel.

Proper noun

Kiel m

(astronomy) Carina

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kiːl/
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Rhymes: -iːl

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German kēl, kil, probably borrowed from Old Norse kjǫlr. Compare Dutch kiel, English keel.

Noun

Kiel m (genitive Kiels or Kieles, plural Kiele)

keel (beam at the underside of a ship)

Declension

Declension of Kiel

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kiel	die	Kiele
genitive	eines	des	Kieles, Kiels	der	Kiele
dative	einem	dem	Kiel, Kiele¹	den	Kielen
accusative	einen	den	Kiel	die	Kiele

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

kielholen

Etymology 2

From Middle High German kil, which is possibly a borrowing from the north. Compare somewhat later Middle Dutch (Lower Rhine) kijl. See quill for more.

Noun

Kiel m (genitive Kiels or Kieles, plural Kiele)

quill (shaft of a feather)

Declension

Declension of Kiel

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kiel	die	Kiele
genitive	eines	des	Kieles, Kiels	der	Kiele
dative	einem	dem	Kiel, Kiele¹	den	Kielen
accusative	einen	den	Kiel	die	Kiele

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Federkiel (often preferred in order to distinguish from etymology 1)

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Kiel n (genitive Kiels)

Kiel (a city in northern Germany)

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