Kiesel

Concepts

pebble

gravel

flint

rock

🪨

stone

🪨

gem

💎

small stone

silicic

silique

jewel

particle

Synonyms

Kieselstein

Flint

Kies

Stein

🪨

Geröll

Schotter

Grobkies

Edelstein

Feuerstein -s

Geschiebe

Kieselsteine

Steinchen

Teilchen

kiesig

Translations

kiezelsteen

kiezel

keisteen

vuursteen

caillou

selce

silex

silique

sasso

🪨

ciottolo

pierre

🪨

زیخ

còdol

silex

ghiaia

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

gwäggi

Basel-Landschaft

kiiselstai

Basel-Landschaft

kiislig

Basel-Landschaft

wagge

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkiːzəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German: kisil

In summary

From Middle High German kisel, from Old High German kisil, from Proto-West Germanic *kisil, *kesul (“pebble, gravel”).