Polyglot Dictionary

Seele

/ˈzeːlə/

die noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Seelen

Meaning

  1. soul

    • Er glaubte an eine unsterbliche Seele.

      He believed in an immortal soul.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Person

Close, figuratively — "not a soul in sight" means no person at all.

Similar in other languages

French

âme

âme is the French word for the same thing — both mean "soul."

Portuguese

alma

alma is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "soul."

Practice

1 What does Seele mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er glaubte an eine unsterbliche ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Seele?

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