Standard Lemma guide

heil

name · noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /haɪl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪl
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from German.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A Sieg Heil.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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3

verb

Meaning 3

To greet with a Sieg Heil.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

As a German surname, shortened from Heinrich. As a German and Dutch surname, from the name Heila, from hail (“whole”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kéh2ilos Proto-Germanic *hailaz Proto-West Germanic *hail Old High German heil Middle High German heil German Heilbor. English heil Borrowed from German Heil, from Middle High German heil, from Old High German heil, from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh2ilos. Doublet of whole, hail, and hale.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: heile — to greet with a Sieg Heil
  • Finnish: heilata — to greet with a Sieg Heil
  • German: siegheilen — to greet with a Sieg Heil
  • Russian: зигова́ть (zigovátʹ) — to greet with a Sieg Heil
  • Swedish: heila — to greet with a Sieg Heil