Weile

Meaning

while (uncertain duration of time, period of time)

Concepts

while

short time

spell

moment

a little while

time

⌚

a minute

it’s been a long time

awhile

bit

period

for a while

Synonyms

Dauer

Weilchen

Zeitspanne

Zeitlang

Zeitdauer

Periode

kurze Zeit

Intervall

Zeit

⌚

Moment

Zeitabstand

Augenblick

Zeitdifferenz

Phase

Frist

Abstand

Spanne

Zeitraum

Zeitintervall

Anblick

Bescheid

danach

einen Augenblick

einstweilen

kurze Periode

Pause

provisorisch

Stunde

vorübergehend

Zeitabschnitt

zeitweilig

einen Moment

für einige Zeit

Zeit lang

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

rung

Basel-Landschaft

wyyl

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvaɪ̯lə/

Etymology

From Middle High German wīle, from Old High German wīla, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu.
Cognate with Danish hvile (“rest”), Norwegian Bokmål hvile (“rest”), Old Norse hvíld (“rest, pause”), Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila, “interval, time period”), English while.