Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hegel

/ˈheɪɡəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables: hegel
IPA: /ˈheɪɡəl/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German, notably borne by the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.

Example Sentences

"The Lectures were a novelty in German philosophy, dominated as it was by the categories of Kant and Hegel, but to the rest of Europe they were merely a repetition of well-known theories."

Etymology

From German Hegel.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Hegel

Derived Forms

Hegelese Hegelian Hegelism Hegelist

Rhymes With

egle regel stegall naegele flegel haegele

Questions

How do you pronounce hegel?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈheɪɡəl/.
What does hegel mean?: A surname from German, notably borne by the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
Where does hegel come from?: It is traced to German.

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