hiel

Meaning

whole, entire

Etymology

Inherited from Old Frisian: hēl

In summary

From Old Frisian hēl, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.

Sentences

Ottermantsjes meitsje hiel wat kilometers op siik nei wyfkes.

Male otters travel quite a few kilometers to search for females.

Yn 'e kleasters waarden yndertiid hiel wat manuskripten oerskreaun.

Many manuscripts were copied in the monasteries.

Dat is hiel wat oars as wat ik ferwachte hie.

That is quite different from what I expected.

No komt de saak der hiel oars út te sjen .

Now the case looks very different.

De kat wie hiel meager doe't er yn it asyl kaam .

The cat was very thin when he came to the asylum.

Minsken út hiel Fryslân wei kamen tolve wiken lang nei Ljouwert .

People from all over Friesland came to Leeuwarden for twelve weeks.