Masculine

kuil

Meaning

pit in the ground

Concepts

pit
hole
🕳️
ditch
pothole
pole
cavity
cave
grave
🪦
clamp
🗜️
den
hollow
fissure
dimple

dib hole

moat
opening
crotch
crook
chuckhole
waist
microvesicle
gap
Synonyms

put
B2
hol
B2
🕳️
groeve
21k
holte
22k
gat
B1
greppel
C2
sloot
B2
groef
C2
gracht
23k
kuiltje
41k
kloof
C1
mijn
A1

uitholling

caviteit

kolenmijn
40k
Translations

Grube
Graben
creux

Höhlung

cava
trou
🕳️
Vertiefung
fossé
bache
fosse
Loch
🕳️
buraco
Höhle
fossa
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kœy̯l/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch
cule
Inherited from Old Dutch
*kūla
In summary

From Middle Dutch cule, from Old Dutch *kūla, from Proto-Germanic *kūlō, related to *kūlǭ (“hole”).

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