Ziel
German, noun
Ziel is spelled Z-I-E-L (4 letters) and appears 151 times per million words in written German, the 573rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ziel is a German neuter noun meaning “target” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, ziel is a different word: “singular imperative of zielen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ausrichtung oder Endpunkt einer Bestrebung”.
What does Ziel mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutertarget
- 2
neutergoal (not in football, see Tor)
- 3
neuteraim
- 4
neuterpurpose
- 5
neuterdestination
- 6
neuterfinish line (in skiing)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of zielen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ausrichtung oder Endpunkt einer Bestrebung 2. Objekt, das von einem Geschoss getroffen werden soll
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 Ziel
- Zieles genitive
- Ziels genitive
- Ziele plural
- Zielen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Ziel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ziel in German?
Ziel appears 151 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).