Kiel

See also: kiel and kieł

English

Proper noun

Kiel

1. A city in northern Germany.
2. 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

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• North Frisian: Kil
• Polish: Kilonia (pl) f

Anagrams

• -like, Kile, Like, kile, liek, like

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Dutch

Etymology

From kiel.

Proper noun

Kiel m

1. (astronomy) Carina

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːl/

• Audio:

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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)

1. keel (beam at the underside of a ship)

Derived terms

• kielholen, kieloben

Related terms

• Kielschwein, Kielwasser, Schiffskiel

Etymology 2

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

Noun

Kiel m (genitive Kiels or Kieles, plural Kiele)

1. quill (shaft of a feather)

Related terms

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

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Kiel n (genitive Kiels)

1. Kiel (a city in northern Germany)