heuvel

Concepts

hill

mountain

⛰️

hillock

mound

hummock

down

humplock

hump

highness

loma

colina

choline

Synonyms

berg

⛰️

verhevenheid

verhoging

hoogte

ophoging

heuveltje

bult

hoop

stapel

Hyphenated as

heu‧vel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɦøː.vəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: hoevel

Inherited from Old Dutch: huvil

Cognate with Middle Low German: hovel

Cognate with Old High German: hubil

Cognate with Middle High German: hübel

Cognate with German: Hübel

Cognate with Luxembourgish: Hiwwel

Cognate with Old Saxon: hobar

Cognate with Old High German: hovar

Cognate with Old English: hovar

Cognate with Old English: hȳf

Cognate with English: hive

Cognate with Lithuanian: kupra

Cognate with Polish: kupa

In summary

From Middle Dutch hoevel, huevel, hovel, huffel, from Old Dutch huvil, from Proto-Germanic *hubilaz. Cognate with Middle Low German hovel, Old High German hubil, Middle High German hübel, dialectal German Hübel, Luxembourgish Hiwwel. More distantly related to Old Saxon hobar, Old High German hovar, Old English hovar as well as Old English hȳf (modern English hive).
Potential wider cognates include Lithuanian kupra, kupstas, kaupas, Polish kupa.
Compare heup.