Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thiel

/til/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: thiel
IPA: /til/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname; variant forms Teale, Teel, Theel, Theil, Thiele.

Example Sentences

"And it was Mr. Thiel who brokered and attended a meeting at Mar-a-Lago at which Mr. Vance began his rehabilitation and reinvention."
"Max Chafkin, Thiel's biographer, describes Vance as his "extension", while Cadwalladr describes Vance, somewhat impolitely, as "Thiel's creature… a man Thiel moulded in his own image through lavish investments in his business and political careers"."

Etymology

* As a North German and Dutch surname, from a pet form of Dietrich, Diederik. * As an east German surname, from Lower Sorbian Bartyl, a name derived from Bartholomäus.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: -, Bartyl

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /til/
British English: /tiːl/

Inflected Forms

Thiels (plural)

Homonyms

teal teel Teale Theel Theil Thiele tiel til

Rhymes With

feel real deal we'll steel appeal wheel meal ideal reveal steal seal

Questions

How do you pronounce thiel?: The recorded pronunciation is /til/.
What does thiel mean?: A surname; variant forms Teale, Teel, Theel, Theil, Thiele.
Where does thiel come from?: It is traced to German.

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