kiel

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See also: Kiel and kieł

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch kiel, probably borrowed from Middle Low German kēl, Middle English kele, or Middle French quille, ultimately from Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Germanic *keluz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kil/
  • Rhymes: -il
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Noun

kiel m (plural kielen, diminutive kieltje n)

  1. bottom of a ship: the keel

Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: kil, kiel

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

From ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -el (“correlative suffix of manner or degree”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

kiel

  1. how
    Kiel feliĉaj estas vi, Svedoj, ke vi ne konas la terurojn de la milito.
    How happy you are, Swedes, that you do not know the terror of war.
    Kiel mi renkontis vian patrinon.
    How I met your mother.

Derived terms

Conjunction

kiel

  1. how (relative correlative of manner or degree)

Preposition

kiel

  1. as (in a "tiel... kiel..." phrase)
    Mi ne estas tiel alta kiel la plimulto de svedaj knabinoj, sed mi estas blonda kaj havas bluajn okulojn, kaj en miaj vejnoj certe fluas la sango de la Vikingoj — maltrankvila kaj vojaĝema mi estas.
    I am not as tall as the majority of Swedish girls, but I am blond and have blue eyes, and in my veins certainly flows the blood of the Vikings — I am restless and inclined to travel.
  2. like
    Ili aperis kiel arĝentaj piramidoj naĝantaj sur orumitaj nuboj.
    They appeared like silver pyramids swimming over gilded clouds.
    La viroj surhavas ĝenerale maldikan jakon sed, kiel la virinoj, ne uzas ŝuojn.
    The men generally wear thin jackets but, like the women, do not wear shoes.

Derived terms

Usage notes

Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kiel can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kiel ajn thus means however.
Kiel cannot carry the meaning of as in the sense of as though or as if. Instead refer to kvazaŭ.

See also

Esperanto correlatives
Interrogative Demonstrative Indefinite Universal Negative
ki- ti- i- ĉi- neni-
Kind of, sort of -a kia tia ia ĉia nenia
Reason -al kial tial ial ĉial nenial
Time -am kiam tiam iam ĉiam neniam
Place -e kie tie ie ĉie nenie
Motion -en kien tien ien ĉien nenien
Manner -el kiel tiel iel ĉiel neniel
Possessive -es kies ties ies ĉies nenies
Demonstrative pronoun -o kio tio io ĉio nenio
Amount -om kiom tiom iom ĉiom neniom
Demonstrative determiner -u kiu tiu iu ĉiu neniu

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German *küele, from Old High German kuoli.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kiel (comparative kieler, superlative kielest)

  1. cool

Declension

Declension of kiel (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
masculine feminine neuter plural
Weak inflection nominative kiel kiel kiel kiele
accusative kiele kiel kiel kiele
dative kiele kiele kiele kiele
Strong inflection nominative kieler kiele kieles kiele
accusative kiele kiele kieles kiele
dative kielem kieler kielem kiele

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Further reading

Maltese

Root
w-k-l
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic أَكَلَ (ʔakala). The expected basic form would be *ekel or *ikel. The initial vowel was deleted by analogy with the forms of the 1st and 2nd persons, where it had been lost by regular reduction of unstressed vowels. The remaining vowel was then lengthened by analogy with a hollow root. Lengthening also occurred in the imperative. Compare ħa (“to take”).

Pronunciation

Verb

kiel (imperfect jiekol, past participle mikul)

  1. to eat
    It-tifel qed jiekol issa.
    The boy is eating now.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of kiel
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m kilt kilt kiel kilna kiltu kielu
f kielet
imperfect m niekol tiekol jiekol nieklu tieklu jieklu
f tiekol
imperative kul kulu
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