steil

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɛi̯l/ Hyphenation: steil Rhymes: -ɛi̯l Homophones: stijl, Steyl === Adjective === steil (comparative steiler, superlative steilst) steep (of hair) straight, not curly ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: steil === Anagrams === stiel == German == === Alternative forms === steigel (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German steil, steigel, from Old High German steigal, *steigil, from Proto-West Germanic *staigil (“steep”). Though native in High German, the word was rare until it was reinforced in Early Modern German by Middle Low German steil, stegel, from Old Saxon stegil, from the same Proto-Germanic source. More at English stay (“steep”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃtaɪ̯l/ Rhymes: -aɪ̯l === Adjective === steil (strong nominative masculine singular steiler, comparative steiler, superlative am steilsten) steep ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Steilhang, Steilheck, Steilkliff, Steilklippe, Steilküste, Steillage, Steilpass, Steilstrecke, Steilvorlage, Steilwand === Further reading === “steil”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “steil” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “steil” in Duden online == Plautdietsch == === Adjective === steil steep erect, upright