Neuter
Meaning

  1. (neuter, strong) target
  2. (neuter, strong) goal (not in football, see Tor)
  3. (neuter, strong) aim
  4. (neuter, strong) purpose
  5. (neuter, strong) destination
  6. (neuter, strong) finish line (in skiing)

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

büüt

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

ziel

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

ziil

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

pòart

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/tsiːl/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German zil, from Old High German zil, from Proto-West Germanic *til, from Proto-Germanic *tilą. Cognate to Old English til.

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