steil

Sentences

Der Hang ist mir zu steil .

The slope is too steep for me.

steep place

inaccessible place

impregnable position

sharp eyes

felsig

zusammenhanglos

zusammenhanglös

hochgewachsen

steilwandig

fast senkrecht

nahezu senkrecht

escarpat

Frequency

Aargau

gäch

Aargau

geech

Aargau

stotzig

Basel-Landschaft

gääch

Basel-Landschaft

stotzig

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃtaɪ̯l/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

Cognate with English

In summary

From Middle High German steil, steigel, from Old High German steigal, *steigil, from Proto-West Germanic *staigil (“steep”). Though native in High German, the word was rare until it was reinforced in Early Modern German by Middle Low German steil, stegel, from Old Saxon stegil, from the same Proto-Germanic source. More at English stay (“steep”).

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steil

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Der Hang ist mir zu steil .

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Pronounced as (IPA)