"Ziel" meaning in German

See Ziel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tsiːl/ Audio: De-Ziel.ogg
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: From Middle High German zil, from Old High German zil, from Proto-West Germanic *til, from Proto-Germanic *tilą. Cognate to Old English til. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|zil}} Middle High German zil, {{inh|de|goh|zil}} Old High German zil, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*til}} Proto-West Germanic *til, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*tilą}} Proto-Germanic *tilą, {{cog|ang|til}} Old English til Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s}} Ziel n (strong, genitive Zieles or Ziels, plural Ziele) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s}} Forms: Zieles [genitive], Ziels [genitive], Ziele [plural], strong [table-tags], Ziel [nominative, singular], Ziele [definite, nominative, plural], Zieles [genitive, singular], Ziels [genitive, singular], Ziele [definite, genitive, plural], Ziel [dative, singular], Ziele [dative, singular], Zielen [dative, definite, plural], Ziel [accusative, singular], Ziele [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. target Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Ziel-de-noun-NKBABbyv
  2. goal (not in football, see Tor) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Ziel-de-noun-7FQEC8tm Categories (other): German calculator words Disambiguation of German calculator words: 7 20 7 31 8 27
  3. aim Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Ziel-de-noun-on-YI40s
  4. purpose Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Ziel-de-noun-gbBt9DA- Categories (other): German calculator words Disambiguation of German calculator words: 7 20 7 31 8 27
  5. destination Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Ziel-de-noun-tcdVqqsQ
  6. finish line (in skiing) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Ziel-de-noun-naq6pQHk Categories (other): German calculator words, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German calculator words: 7 20 7 31 8 27 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 4 28 4 18 4 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 18 6 24 7 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 18 6 24 7 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "zielbewusst"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "zielführend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "zielgerichtet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ziellos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "zielorientiert"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "zielstrebig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Emissionsreduktionsziel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Endziel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Klimaziel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Lebensziel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Reiseziel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Zielfunktion"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Zielgerade"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Zielgruppe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ziellinie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Zielort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Zielperson"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Zielscheibe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Zielsetzung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Zielstellung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ins Ziel gehen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "zielen"
    }
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: cél",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: cél"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "cilj",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: cilj",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: cilj"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "cieľ",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Slovak: cieľ",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Slovak: cieľ"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sl",
            "2": "cilj",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Slovene: cilj",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Slovene: cilj"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "zil"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German zil",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *til",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tilą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tilą",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "1": "ang",
        "2": "til"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German zil, from Old High German zil, from Proto-West Germanic *til, from Proto-Germanic *tilą. Cognate to Old English til.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Zieles",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ziels",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ziele",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Ziel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "Ziele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ziels",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ziele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ziel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ziele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zielen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ziel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ziele",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    }
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  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "target"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ziel-de-noun-NKBABbyv",
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          "target",
          "target"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "goal (not in football, see Tor)"
      ],
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          "goal",
          "goal"
        ],
        [
          "Tor",
          "Tor#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "aim"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ziel-de-noun-on-YI40s",
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        [
          "aim",
          "aim"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "strong"
      ]
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            "Terms by orthographic property",
            "Terms by lexical property"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "purpose"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ziel-de-noun-gbBt9DA-",
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        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
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        "destination"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ziel-de-noun-tcdVqqsQ",
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        [
          "destination",
          "destination"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
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            "Terms by orthographic property",
            "Terms by lexical property"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 28 4 18 4 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 18 6 24 7 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 18 6 24 7 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "finish line (in skiing)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ziel-de-noun-naq6pQHk",
      "links": [
        [
          "finish",
          "finish"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tsiːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
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      "audio": "De-Ziel.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Ziel"
}
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    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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    "Rhymes:German/iːl",
    "Rhymes:German/iːl/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "zielbewusst"
    },
    {
      "word": "zielführend"
    },
    {
      "word": "zielgerichtet"
    },
    {
      "word": "ziellos"
    },
    {
      "word": "zielorientiert"
    },
    {
      "word": "zielstrebig"
    },
    {
      "word": "Emissionsreduktionsziel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Endziel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klimaziel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lebensziel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Reiseziel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zielfunktion"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zielgerade"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zielgruppe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ziellinie"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zielort"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zielperson"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zielscheibe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zielsetzung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zielstellung"
    },
    {
      "word": "ins Ziel gehen"
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    {
      "word": "zielen"
    }
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      "text": "→ Hungarian: cél"
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "cilj",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "form": "Zieles",
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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        "genitive"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "Ziele",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "Zielen",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ziel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "target"
      ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "goal (not in football, see Tor)"
      ],
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          "goal"
        ],
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          "Tor",
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      ],
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        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "aim"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aim",
          "aim"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "purpose"
      ],
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        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "destination"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "destination",
          "destination"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "finish line (in skiing)"
      ],
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        [
          "finish",
          "finish"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Ziel"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.