Pfeil

Meaning

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)

Concepts

arrow

Sagitta

Arrow

dart

🎯

prick

sting

sagitta

spear

retort

Synonyms

Richtungspfeil

Lafettenschwanz

Rast

Schmerz

Speer

Stachel

Uhrzeiger

✋

Wegweiser

Turmspitze

Insektenstachel

Brandsohle

Paremeter

Translations

flecha

flèche

pijl

freccia

seta

βέλος

flecha

ok

sagitta

fletxa

سهم

Flèche

tîr

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

pfyyl

Zürich

pfiil

Zürich

pfil

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pfaɪ̯l/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: pfīl

Inherited from Old High German: pfīl

Cognate with Dutch: pijl

Cognate with English: 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”).