Beil

See also: béil

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German Beule.

Noun

Beil f

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) any large, roundish swelling on the body, e.g. a bump on the forehead or a bubo
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) bump, dent (deformation on a surface, be it outward or inward)

Further reading
  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22:

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bīl, bīhel, from Old High German bīhal (whence also Bavarian Beichl),[1] attested (in the form witubil) since the 8th century, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bíþla- (“axe”), instrumental noun from *bītaną (“to bite”).[2][3] Compare Dutch bijl.

Conflated early on with Proto-Germanic *bilją and its descendants (German Bille). (Kluge mentioned that, in his day, a relationship to Bicke / Middle High German bicke (“pickaxe”) — compare Old English becca (“pickaxe”) — could not be ruled out.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baɪ̯l/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯l

Noun

Beil n (strong, genitive Beiles or Beils, plural Beile, diminutive Beilchen n)

  1. axe, hatchet

Declension
Declension of Beil [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Beil die Beile
genitive eines des Beiles, Beils der Beile
dative einem dem Beil, Beile1 den Beilen
accusative ein das Beil die Beile

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Beil”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  2. Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “bíþla”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 66

Further reading

Hunsrik

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paɪ̯l/

Noun

Beil n (plural Beiler, diminutive Beilche)

  1. hatchet, axe

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German bīl, bīhel, from Old High German bīhal, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bíþla- (“axe”), instrumental noun from *bītaną (“to bite”). Compare German Beil, Dutch bijl.

Noun

Beil n (plural Beile)

  1. hatchet
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