English

Proper noun

Kiel

1. A city in northern Germany.
2. A city in Wisconsin.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

From kiel.

Proper noun

Kiel m

1. (astronomy) Carina

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German kēl, kil, probably borrowed from Old Norse kjǫlr. Compare Dutch kiel, English keel.

Noun

Kiel m ‎(genitive Kiels or Kieles, plural Kiele)

1. keel (beam at the underside of a ship)

Declension

Derived terms

• kielholen

Etymology 2

From Middle High German kil, which is possibly a borrowing from the north. Compare somewhat later Middle Dutch (Lower Rhine) kijl. See quill for more.

Noun

Kiel m ‎(genitive Kiels or Kieles, plural Kiele)

1. quill (shaft of a feather)

Declension

Derived terms

• Federkiel (often preferred in order to distinguish from etymology 1)

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Kiel n ‎(genitive Kiels)

1. Kiel (a city in northern Germany)

Dutch

Noun

kiel m ‎(plural kielen, diminutive kieltje n)

1. bottom side of a ship: the keel

Anagrams

• klei

Esperanto

Etymology

ki- ‎(“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -el ‎(“correlative suffix of manner or degree”)

Pronunciation

Adverb

kiel

1. how

   Kiel feliĉaj estas vi, Svedoj, ke vi ne konas la terurojn de la milito.

   How happy you are, Swedes, that you do not know the terror of war.

   Kiel mi renkontis vian patrinon

   How I Met Your Mother

Derived terms

• kiel vi fartas? ("How are you?")

Conjunction

kiel

1. how (relative correlative of manner or degree)

Preposition

kiel

1. as (in a "tiel...kiel..." phrase)

   Mi ne estas tiel alta kiel la plimulto de svedaj knabinoj, sed mi estas blonda kaj havas bluajn okulojn, kaj en miaj vejnoj certe fluas la sango de la Vikingoj—maltrankvila kaj vojaĝema mi estas.

   I am not as tall as the majority of Swedish girls, but I am blond and have blue eyes, and in my veins certainly flows the blood of the Vikings—I am restless and inclined to travel.

2. like

   Ili aperis kiel arĝentaj piramidoj naĝantaj sur orumitaj nuboj.

   They appeared like silver pyramids swimming over gilded clouds.

   La viroj portas ĝenerale maldikan jakon sed, kiel la virinoj, ne uzas ŝuojn.

   The men generally wear a thin jackets but, like the women, do not wear shoes.

Derived terms

• kiel ajn ‎(“however”)
• kiele

Usage notes

Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kiel can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kiel ajn thus means however.

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic كَل ‎(kal), ultimately from أَكَلَ ‎(ʾakala).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪːl/

  Rhymes: -ɪːl

Verb

kiel (imperfect jiekol, past participle mikul)

1. to eat

   It-tifel qed jiekol issa.

   The boy is eating now.

Conjugation