Keil
German, noun
Keil is spelled K-E-I-L (4 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 16,125th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Keil is a German masculine noun meaning “a wedge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, keil is a different word: “singular imperative of keilen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “spitz zulaufender Gegenstand aus festem Material in Form eines Prismas mit dreieckiger Grundfläche”.
What does Keil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea wedge
- 2
masculinea pile
verb
- 1
singular imperative of keilen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. spitz zulaufender Gegenstand aus festem Material in Form eines Prismas mit dreieckiger Grundfläche 2. Werkzeug in spitz zulaufender Form zum Spalten von Materialien 3. in einem Kleidungsstück eingenähtes dreieckiges Stück Stoff 4. Element oder Bestandteil der Keilschrift in Form eines Keiles
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Keil
- Keiles genitive
- Keils genitive
- Keile plural
- Keilen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Keil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Keil in German?
Keil appears 3.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).