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Thiel

UK/tiːl//til/

Thiel proper noun: a surname; variant forms Teale, Teel, Theel, Theil, Thiele.

Proper noun

Thiel (plural Thiels)

  1. A surname; variant forms Teale, Teel, Theel, Theil, Thiele.
    • And it was Mr. Thiel who brokered and attended a meeting at Mar-a-Lago at which Mr. Vance began his rehabilitation and reinvention.2022 May 5, Shane Goldmacher, Maggie Haberman, “Tucker, Thiel and Trump: How J.D. Vance Won in Ohio”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
    • Max Chafkin, Thiel's biographer, describes Vance as his "extension", while Cadwalladr describes Vance, somewhat impolitely, as "Thiel's creature… a man Thiel moulded in his own image through lavish investments in his business and political careers".2024 August 14, Bryn Haworth, “Artificial Ignorance: broligarchs and their brains should read Gulliver”, in Al Majalla, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2024

Forms of Thiel

pluralThiels

Origin of Thiel

* As a North German and Dutch surname, from a pet form of Dietrich, Diederik. * As an east German surname, from Lower Sorbian Bartyl, a name derived from Bartholomäus.

Words that rhyme with Thiel

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Questions about Thiel

What does Thiel mean?
Thiel means a surname; variant forms Teale, Teel, Theel, Theil, Thiele.
What part of speech is Thiel?
Thiel is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Thiel?
Thiel is pronounced /tiːl/ (UK).

Words near Thiel in the dictionary

  1. thiefship
  2. thieftaker
  3. thieftakers
  4. thiefwise
  5. thiefy
  6. Thiel
  7. Thielaviopsis root rot
  8. Thiele
  9. Thielen
  10. Thielens
  11. Thieles

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