Weill

American  

[wahyl, vahyl] / waɪl, vaɪl /

noun

1. Kurt 1900–50, German composer, in the U.S. after 1935.

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Weill British  

/ vaɪl /

noun

1. Kurt (kʊrt). 1900–50, German composer, in the US from 1935. He wrote the music for Brecht's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1927) and The Threepenny Opera (1928)

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Example Sentences

M.A., an assistant professor of neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026

Citi’s former CEO Sandy Weill just gave the largest donation in veterinary medicine to the school that cared for his dog.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

In 1960, when Carter, Berlind, Potoma & Weill opened shop on 37 Wall Street, it amounted to a changing of the guard in the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

Carter and Weill shared an office for about seven years, Weill recalled, until Carter had enough of investment banking, and he clashed with his partners over the firm’s strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

A bracing example of how the landscape was changing can be seen in the unfolding career of the classically trained son of an orthodox Jewish cantor, Kurt Weill.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall