Pfeil

Bedeutung (English)

1. (masculine,strong) arrow (missile)
2. (masculine,strong) arrow (sign)
3. (masculine,strong) mouse cursor (informally even when not in the form of an arrow)

Synonyms

Richtungspfeil

Lafettenschwanz

Rast

Schmerz

Speer

Stachel

Uhrzeiger

✋

Wegweiser

Turmspitze

Insektenstachel

Brandsohle

Paremeter

Dialekte

Basel-Landschaft

pfyyl

Zürich

pfiil

Zürich

pfil

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/pfaɪ̯l/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Mittelhochdeutsch: pfīl

Inherited from Althochdeutsch: pfīl

Cognate with Niederländisch: pijl

Cognate with Englisch: pile

In summary

From Middle High German pfīl, from Old High German pfīl, from Proto-West Germanic *pīl, from Latin pīlum (“javelin, throwing spear”). Cognate with German Low German Piel, Dutch pijl (“arrow, dart”), English pile (“column of wood, steel or concrete”).