Seele

Meaning

(feminine) soul
(feminine) mind, spirit
(broadly,feminine) human being, soul
(feminine) bore (of a gun)
(feminine) swim bladder
(feminine) core (of an electric cable)
(colloquial,dated,feminine) inhabitant (of a municipality)
(feminine) sound post
(Southern-Germany,feminine) a type of narrow bread from Swabia

soul

spirit

ghost

mind

heart

man

person

people

core

character

personage

personality

talented man

intention

departed soul

heart and soul

one’s soul

spirit of a deceased person

life force

conscience

air

breath

fellow

figure

human

human being

individual

resident

single

Frequency

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzeːlə/

From Middle High German sēle, from Old High German sēula, sēla, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō. Cognate with Low German Seel, Dutch ziel, English soul, Danish sjæl. The type of bread is probably related to Allerseelen (“All Souls' Day”).