Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heil

/haɪl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables
heil
IPA
/haɪl/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To greet with a Sieg Heil.

noun

A Sieg Heil.

name

A surname from German.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos Proto-Germanic *hailaz Proto-West Germanic *hail Old High German heil Middle High German heil German Heilbor. English heil Borrowed from German Heil, from Middle High German heil, from Old High German heil, from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos. Doublet of whole, hail, and hale.

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Questions

How do you pronounce heil?
The recorded pronunciation is /haɪl/.
What does heil mean?
To greet with a Sieg Heil.
Where does heil come from?
It is traced to German.

How to pronounce heil

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