Seil
German, noun/zaɪ̯l/
Seil is spelled S-E-I-L (4 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written German, the 10,826th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seil is a German neuter noun meaning “rope, line, cord” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus miteinander verdrillten Fäden, Drähten oder Ähnlichem bestehendes Gebilde”.
What does Seil mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterrope, line, cord
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aus miteinander verdrillten Fäden, Drähten oder Ähnlichem bestehendes Gebilde
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 Seil
- Seiles genitive
- Seils genitive
- Seile plural
- Seilen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Seil?
- /zaɪ̯l/
- Austria /saɛ̯l/
- [zaɪ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Seil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Seil in German?
Seil appears 5.9 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).