See also: ziel

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German zil, from Old High German zil, from Proto-West Germanic *til, from Proto-Germanic *tilą. Cognate to Old English til.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tsiːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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Ziel n (strong, genitive Zieles or Ziels, plural Ziele)

  1. target
  2. goal (not in football, see Tor)
  3. aim
  4. purpose
  5. destination

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Hungarian: cél
  • Serbo-Croatian: cilj
  • Slovak: cieľ
  • Slovene: cilj

Further reading

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  • Ziel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Ziel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Ziel” in Duden online

Hunsrik

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Etymology

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From Middle High German zil, from Old High German zil, from Proto-Germanic *tilą.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Ziel m (plural Ziel)

  1. goal

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