kiel
/kˈil/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.82 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The capital city of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
name
A city in Calumet County and Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
Example Sentences
- "An international research team led by materials scientists from Kiel University (CAU) has now taken a major step toward practical applications."
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kiel, named after Kiel Fjord of the Baltic Sea, from Old Norse kill (“gulf, bay”), from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ, ultimately related to the verb *kīnaną (“to crack, split”). Doublet of kill (“creek”).