English Explanatory Dictionary

heil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To greet with a Sieg Heil.
noun
  1. A Sieg Heil.
name
  1. A surname from German.

Pronunciation

/haɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heil.wav

Word forms

heil heils heiling heiled

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos Proto-Germanic *hailaz Proto-West Germanic *hail Old High German heil Middle High German heil German Heilbor. English heil Borrowed from German Heil, from Middle High German heil, from Old High German heil, from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos. Doublet of whole, hail, and hale.

Related words

Heil Hitler

Derived words

Daily Heil
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