zeil

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /zɛi̯l/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: zeil
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯l

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch seil, from Old Dutch *segil, from Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

Noun[edit]

zeil n (plural zeilen, diminutive zeiltje n)

  1. sail
  2. tarpaulin, tarp
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Saramaccan: zéi

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

zeil

  1. inflection of zeilen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams[edit]