soul

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality, often believed to live on after the person's death.
2. (countable, uncountable) The spirit or essence of anything.
3. (countable, uncountable) Life, energy, vigor.
4. (countable, uncountable) Soul music.
5. (countable, uncountable) A person, especially as one among many.
6. (countable, uncountable) An individual life.
7. (countable, uncountable) A kind of submanifold involved in the soul theorem of Riemannian geometry.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To endow with a soul or mind.
2. To beg on All Soul's Day.

Verb

To feed or nourish.

Sinonieme

spirit

ghost

👻

heart

❤️

life

mind

person

🧑‍🦱

essence

shadow

individual

human

psyche

vigour

vigor

human being

somebody

someone

feelings

man

👨

mortal

anima

life force

head

air

emotions

breath

picture

phantom

pith

feeling

moods

inner feelings

vitality

atman

drive

supernatural

divine

thought

💭

spiritual

spirt

self

genie

🧞

creature

being

liveliness

intention

intellect

energy

soulfulness

either

ego

Vertalings

âme

Seele

alma

anima

alma

ψυχή

ziel

Geist

anima

ànima

geest

👻

spirito

espíritu

esprit

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/səʊl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: soule

Geërf van Old English: sāwol

Verwante met Skots: saul

Verwante met Noord-Fries: siel

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: Seele

Verwante met Fries: siel

Verwante met Nederlands: ziel

Verwante met Duits: Seele

Verwante met Old Saxon: *siala

Verwante met Deens: sjæl

Verwante met Sweeds: själ

Verwante met Noors: sjel

Verwante met Yslands: sál

Verwante met Old English: sāwol

In summary

From Middle English soule, sowle, saule, sawle, from Old English sāwol (“soul, life, spirit, being”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō (“soul”), of uncertain ultimate origin (see there for further information).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots saul, sowel (“soul”), Saterland Frisian Seele (“soul”), West Frisian siel (“soul”), Alemannic German Seel (“soul”), Central Franconian Siel (“soul”), Dutch ziel (“soul”), German Seele (“soul”), German Low German Seel (“soul”), Luxembourgish Séil (“soul, spirit”), Vilamovian zejł, zəjł, zyił (“soul”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌰 (saiwala, “soul”). Scandinavian homonyms seem to have been borrowed from Old Saxon sēola. Modern Danish sjæl (“soul”), Icelandic sál (“soul”), Norwegian Bokmål sjel (“soul”), Norwegian Nynorsk sjel, sål (“soul”), Swedish själ (“soul”), Finnish sielu (“soul”) may have come from Old English sāwol.

Sinne

We were all made by the same hand , and we have the same soul .

Sometimes the human soul is conceived not in human but in animal form .

I won't ever tell a soul .