Feminine
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
Concepts
spirit of a deceased person
talented man
departed soul
one’s soul
Synonyms
wichtigster Teil
göttlicher Geist
Totengeist
Heilige Seele
Innenleiter
das Innerste
alma
âme
anima
ziel
anima
ψυχή
alma
ànima
ruhFrequency
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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