Feminine

Seele

Meaning

  1. (feminine) soul
  2. (feminine) mind, spirit
  3. (broadly, feminine) human being, soul
  4. (feminine) bore (of a gun)
  5. (feminine) swim bladder
  6. (feminine) core (of an electric cable)
  7. (colloquial, dated, feminine) inhabitant (of a municipality)
  8. (feminine) sound post
  9. (Southern-Germany, feminine) a type of narrow bread from Swabia

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

seel

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzeːlə/
Etymology

In summary

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”).

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