heil

Borrowed from German Heil. Doublet of whole, hail, and hale.

• IPA^(key): /haɪl/

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• Rhymes: -aɪl

heil (third-person singular simple present heils, present participle heiling, simple past and past participle heiled)

1. To greet with a Sieg Heil.

• Hile, Ihle, Lehi, elhi, heli-, hile

From Middle Dutch heil, from Old Dutch heil.

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛi̯l/

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• Hyphenation: heil
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯l

heil n (uncountable)

1. prosperity
2. salvation

• guichelheil
• heilgymnast
• heilgymnastiek
• heilsgeschiedenis
• heilshistorie
• heilzaam
• Leger des Heils
• onheil

• hiel

• heile (chiefly colloquial; rarely in writing)

From Middle High German heil, from Old High German heil, from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”).

In older High German only used of the human body and soul; the modern use also of things is based on Middle Low German hêl, from Old Saxon hēl. The more general sense “whole, entire” did not establish itself in standard German (except in fixed combinations like heilfroh). Cognate with Dutch heel, Low German heel, heil, English whole, hale, Danish hel.

• IPA^(key): /haɪ̯l/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯l

heil (strong nominative masculine singular heiler, comparative heiler, superlative am heilsten)

1. whole; intact; unhurt; safe

   Synonym: unversehrt

   Gut, dass du heil wieder zurück bist. ― I’m glad you’re back safe.

   Die Tasse ist noch heil. ― The cup is still intact.

2. (in combination with certain nouns) sheltered; innocent; ideal

   heile Kindheit ― innocent childhood

   heile Welt ― ideal world

• heilen
• heile Welt
• heilfroh
• Heilung

• Heil

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

heil (masculine heill, feminine heil, neuter heilt)

1. (indefinite) feminine singular nominative of heill
2. (indefinite) neuter plural nominative of heill
3. (indefinite) neuter plural accusative of heill

From Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole; entire; healthy”). Doublet of hole.

heil

1. healthy, sound

• heyl, hail, hayl; hæil (early); whayle (late)

• “heil, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

heil (uncountable)

1. health, welfare

• heyl, hail, hayl

• “heil, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

heil

1. hail!

• heyl

• “heil, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

• English: hail
• Scots: hail

heil

1. Alternative form of hele (“heel”)

From Old Norse heill.

heil (neuter singular heilt, definite singular and plural heile)

1. alternative form of hel

See also terms derived from hel

• “heil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂ilus (“healthy, whole”). Akin to English whole.

• IPA^(key): /hɛɪːl/

heil (neuter heilt, definite singular and plural heile, comparative heilare, indefinite superlative heilast, definite superlative heilaste)

1. whole, not in pieces
2. healthy; uninjured

• heila, heile (verb)
• heilag

heil

1. hail

heil

1. imperative of heile

• “heil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• hile

From Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.

heil

1. whole, healthy

• Altniederfränkischer Psalm 3

From Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz, whence also Old Saxon hēl, Old English hāl, Old Norse heill, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (hails), Vandalic eils. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂ilus (“healthy, whole”).

heil

1. whole

• Middle High German: heil
  • German: heil

From Proto-Germanic *hailą, whence also Old English hæl, Old Norse heill.

heil n

1. luck

• German: Heil

heil

1. feminine singular indefinite nominative of heill (“whole”)
2. neuter plural indefinite nominative/accusative of heill (“whole”)

heil

1. adessive of hö