Seil

See also: seil, Séil, and Séïl

English

Proper noun

Seil

1. An island, one of the Slate Islands, on the east side of the Firth of Lorn in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM71).

German

Etymology

From Middle High German seil, from Old High German seil, from Proto-West Germanic *sail, from Proto-Germanic *sailą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaɪ̯l/ (prescriptive standard)
• IPA^(key): /saɛ̯l/ (Austria)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪ̯l

Noun

Seil n (strong, genitive Seiles or Seils, plural Seile)

1. rope, line, cord

Usage notes

• A Seil is thicker than a Schnur (“string”), but thinner than a Tau.

Declension

Declension of Seil [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Seil	die	Seile
genitive	eines	des	Seiles, Seils	der	Seile
dative	einem	dem	Seil, Seile1	den	Seilen
accusative	ein	das	Seil	die	Seile

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• seilartig
• seilen
• Seiler

Derived terms

• Seilbahn, Seilwinde, Seilzug
• abseilen, Hochseil, Kletterseil, Rettungsseil

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lies