Heil

See also: heil and Héil

English

Etymology

As a German surname, shortened from Heinrich. As a German and Dutch surname, from the name Heila, from hail (“whole”).

Proper noun

Heil (plural Heils)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Heil is the 4,327^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8,205 individuals. Heil is most common among White (94.50%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Hile, Ihle, Lehi, elhi, heli-, hile

German

Etymology

From Middle High German heil, from Old High German heil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪ̯l/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪ̯l
• Homophone: heil

Noun

Heil n (strong, genitive Heiles or Heils, no plural)

1. health, salvation, well-being, happiness, a state of intactness and prosperity

   Heil dir! ― hail to thee!

2. (religion) salvation, wellbeing in the afterlife

Declension

Declension of Heil [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Heil
genitive	eines	des	Heiles, Heils
dative	einem	dem	Heil, Heile1
accusative	ein	das	Heil

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Heilsarmee
• heilbringend
• Heilsgeschichte
• Seelenheil

(greetings)

• Petri Heil, Weidmanns Heil (Waidmanns Heil, Weidmannsheil; cp. Weidmannsheil n)
• Berg Heil (cp. Bergheil n), Sieg Heil, Ski Heil (Skiheil)
• Heil Hitler

Related terms

• heil
• heilig
• Heiland
• heilen
• Unheil

Further reading

• “Heil” in Duden online
• “Heil” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Plautdietsch

Noun

Heil n (no plural)

1. health
2. welfare