Goal (disambiguation)

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Aim , from Old High German zil 'measured', stands for:

  • a desired state in the future, see goal
  • a collective term for various theoretical approaches in economics and social sciences, see personal goal
  • In military parlance, definitions that are used with regard to the type of target and the resulting type of combat, see target (military)
  • the end of a timekeeping or a specified route at a sporting event, see finish (sport)
  • the target and performance agreements of the contractual agreements between universities and the respective competent countries, see target and performance agreement
  • a payment condition through which the supplier grants his customer a certain deadline for payment when concluding a sales contract, see payment term


The goal is the surname of the following people:

  • Alwin Ziel (* 1941), German lawyer, teacher and politician (SPD)
  • Ernst Ziel (1818–1899), German classical philologist, educator and headmaster
  • Ernst Ziel (1841–1921), German writer and editor
  • Fritz Ziel (1907–1978), German architect
  • Henri Frans de Ziel (1916–1975), Surinamese writer
  • Minna Ziel (1827–1871), German portrait and genre painter
  • Rudolf Ziel (1880–1964), German lawyer and district court president until 1933 and from 1945 to 1950


GOAL u. Ä. is an abbreviation for:


See also:

Wiktionary: Goal  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations