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
Triebfeder
wichtigster Teil
göttlicher Geist
Totengeist
Heilige Seele
Innenleiter
das Innerste
Frequency
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzeːlə/
Etymology
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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