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heil¹

  • /haɪl/

Rhymes with -aɪl

Where it comes from

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.

verb heils · heiling · heiled

  1. To greet with a Sieg Heil. John Smith: Our deal stands. / Wilhelm Goertzmann: North America is yours. / John Smith: And the rest of the Reich is yours. / Wilhelm Goertzmann: You have complete autonomy. / John Smith: Heil Goertzmann! (performs Nazi salute) / Wilhelm Goertzmann: Heil Smith! (performs Nazi salute)

noun heils

  1. A Sieg Heil. Nazi “heils,” Nazi songs and Nazi swastikas are distasteful to most democracy-loving citizens.

Heil²

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Heils

  1. A surname from German.

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verb to greet with a Sieg Heil

Deutschsiegheilen
Русскийзигова́ть zigovátʹ

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@misc{heil_2026,
  title = {heil},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heil},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}