heel
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English hele, from Old English hēla, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hilō, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel, hock”), equivalent to hock + -le. More at hock.
Compare North Frisian haiel, West Frisian hyl, Dutch hiel, German Low German Hiel, Danish and Norwegian hæl, Swedish häl.
heel (plural heels)
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heel (third-person singular simple present heels, present participle heeling, simple past and past participle heeled)
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Probably inferred from hielded, the past tense of hield, from Middle English helden, heelden, from Old English hyldan, hieldan (“to incline”), cognate with Old Norse hella (“to pour out”) (whence Danish hælde (“lean, pour”)).
heel (third-person singular simple present heels, present participle heeling, simple past and past participle heeled)
heel (plural heels)
See hele (“conceal, keep secret, cover”).
heel (third-person singular simple present heels, present participle heeling, simple past and past participle heeled)
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héel m
From Middle Dutch hêel, from Old Dutch hēl, from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.
heel (comparative heler, superlative heelst)
When the noun is accompanied by a definite article, a possessive pronoun, a demonstrative pronoun, or a genitive construction, heel in the sense of "whole" may precede the whole phrase, in uninflected form. For example, the following are both correct:
heel
Although it is an adverb, heel may be inflected to hele so as to match a following adjective. For example, both of these sentences are correct:
The second sentence with hele may, however, be regarded as informal and less appropriate for formal writing.
Only heel is obviously possible when the adjective is not inflected to begin with:
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
heel
heel
From Old Dutch hēl, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.
hêel
Adjective | |||||
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Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | ||
Nominative | Indefinite | hêel | hêle | hêel | hêle |
Definite | hêle | hêle | |||
Accusative | Indefinite | hêlen | hêle | hêel | hêle |
Definite | hêle | ||||
Genitive | Indefinite | hêels | hêelre | hêels | hêelre |
Definite | hêels, hêlen | hêels, hêlen | |||
Dative | hêlen | hêelre | hêlen | hêlen |
heel
From Middle English hele, from Old English hēla, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hilō.
heel
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