"Seele" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈzeːlə/ (note: prescriptive standard), /ˈseːlɛ/ [Austria] Audio: De-Seele.OGG
Rhymes: -eːlə 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|sēle}} Middle High German sēle, {{inh|de|goh|sēula}} Old High German sēula, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*saiwalu}} Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*saiwalō}} Proto-Germanic *saiwalō, {{cog|nds|Seel}} Low German Seel, {{cog|nl|ziel}} Dutch ziel, {{cog|en|soul}} English soul, {{cog|da|sjæl}} Danish sjæl Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=Seelchen}} Seele f (genitive Seele, plural Seelen, diminutive Seelchen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Seele [genitive], Seelen [plural], Seelchen [diminutive, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], Seele [nominative, singular], Seelen [definite, nominative, plural], Seele [genitive, singular], Seelen [definite, genitive, plural], Seele [dative, singular], Seelen [dative, definite, plural], Seele [accusative, singular], Seelen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. soul Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Seele-de-noun-rg-szPCj
  2. mind, spirit Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Seele-de-noun-d3wzxken
  3. (by extension) human being, soul Tags: broadly, feminine
    Sense id: en-Seele-de-noun-w6mvS77R
  4. (firearms) bore (of a gun) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Firearms
    Sense id: en-Seele-de-noun-2lyKiemS Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 3 22 18 19 3 21 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 3 25 11 18 2 27 12 Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  5. (anatomy) swim bladder Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-Seele-de-noun-GpUXDsTW Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 3 22 18 19 3 21 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 3 25 11 18 2 27 12 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  6. (electrical engineering) core (of an electric cable) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Electrical engineering
    Sense id: en-Seele-de-noun-PgmWBO9i Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 3 22 18 19 3 21 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 3 25 11 18 2 27 12 Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  7. (dated or colloquial) inhabitant (of a municipality) Tags: colloquial, dated, feminine
    Sense id: en-Seele-de-noun-y~UQY6KH
  8. (lutherie) sound post Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Lutherie Synonyms: Stimmstock
    Sense id: en-Seele-de-noun-k5nSoVA0 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 3 22 18 19 3 21 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 2 3 19 13 14 2 31 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 3 25 11 18 2 27 12 Topics: arts, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle, lutherie
  9. (baking, Southern Germany) a type of narrow bread from Swabia Tags: Southern-Germany, feminine Categories (topical): Baking, Breads
    Sense id: en-Seele-de-noun-OS4jgQJG Disambiguation of Breads: 1 1 7 13 21 12 4 14 26 Categories (other): Southern German, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 3 22 18 19 3 21 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 3 25 11 18 2 27 12 Topics: baking, cooking, food, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Seel, Seel' [poetic] Derived forms: beseelen, entseelen, Leib und Seele, seelisch Related terms: Seelenfrieden, Seelengröße, Seelenklempner, seelenruhig, Seelentröster, Seelenverkäufer, Seelenverwandter, seelenvoll, Seelenwanderung, Geist

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "beseelen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "entseelen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Leib und Seele"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seelisch"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German sēle",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "sēula"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German sēula",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*saiwalu"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Seel"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Seel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ziel"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch ziel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "soul"
      },
      "expansion": "English soul",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "sjæl"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish sjæl",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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    {
      "form": "Seele",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Seelen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Seelchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Seele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Seelen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "singular"
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      "form": "Seele",
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Seele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "Seelen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "dim": "Seelchen"
      },
      "expansion": "Seele f (genitive Seele, plural Seelen, diminutive Seelchen n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Seelenfrieden"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Seelengröße"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Seelenklempner"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seelenruhig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Seelentröster"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Seelenverkäufer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Seelenverwandter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seelenvoll"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Seelenwanderung"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Geist"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Two souls, alas! reside within my breast, / And each withdraws from, and repels, its brother.",
          "ref": "1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Vor dem Thor”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]; republished as Bayard Taylor, transl., 1870:",
          "text": "Zwey Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust, / Die eine will sich von der andern trennen;",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "You forgot the colour film, by my soul",
          "ref": "1974, “Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen”, Kurt Demmler (lyrics), Michael Heubach (music), performed by Nina Hagen:",
          "text": "Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen, bei meiner Seel'",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, “Sie wollen uns erzählen”, in Es ist egal, aber, performed by Tocotronic:",
          "text": "Sie wollen uns erzählen / Sie hätten eine Seele",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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          "spirit"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
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          "soul",
          "soul"
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        "(by extension) human being, soul"
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Firearms",
          "orig": "de:Firearms",
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            "Weapons",
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 3 25 11 18 2 27 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bore (of a gun)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Seele-de-noun-2lyKiemS",
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          "firearm"
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          "bore",
          "bore"
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        "(firearms) bore (of a gun)"
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        "politics",
        "tools",
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        "weaponry"
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "de:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "swim bladder"
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          "swim bladder",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) swim bladder"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Electrical engineering",
          "orig": "de:Electrical engineering",
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            "Engineering",
            "Electromagnetism",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Technology",
            "Physics",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "core (of an electric cable)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Seele-de-noun-PgmWBO9i",
      "links": [
        [
          "electrical engineering",
          "electrical engineering"
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        [
          "core",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(electrical engineering) core (of an electric cable)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "electrical",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the 500-person village; the town of 500 souls",
          "text": "das 500-Seelen-Dorf",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inhabitant (of a municipality)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Seele-de-noun-y~UQY6KH",
      "links": [
        [
          "inhabitant",
          "inhabitant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated or colloquial) inhabitant (of a municipality)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "dated",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Lutherie",
          "orig": "de:Lutherie",
          "parents": [
            "Crafts",
            "Music",
            "Society",
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "All topics",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 3 22 18 19 3 21 12",
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        },
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          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sound post"
      ],
      "id": "en-Seele-de-noun-k5nSoVA0",
      "links": [
        [
          "lutherie",
          "lutherie"
        ],
        [
          "sound post",
          "sound post"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(lutherie) sound post"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Stimmstock"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "arts",
        "crafts",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "lutherie"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Southern German",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Baking",
          "orig": "de:Baking",
          "parents": [
            "Cooking",
            "Food and drink",
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            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 3 22 18 19 3 21 12",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 7 13 21 12 4 14 26",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Breads",
          "orig": "de:Breads",
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            "Foods",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
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        "a type of narrow bread from Swabia"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "baking",
          "baking#Noun"
        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "bread",
          "bread"
        ],
        [
          "Swabia",
          "Swabia"
        ]
      ],
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        "(baking, Southern Germany) a type of narrow bread from Swabia"
      ],
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        "Southern-Germany",
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "baking",
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        "food",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzeːlə/",
      "note": "prescriptive standard"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈseːlɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "Austria"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Seele.OGG",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːlə"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Seel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ],
      "word": "Seel'"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Seele"
}
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    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "beseelen"
    },
    {
      "word": "entseelen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Leib und Seele"
    },
    {
      "word": "seelisch"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*saiwalu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*saiwalō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *saiwalō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Seel"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Seel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ziel"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch ziel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "soul"
      },
      "expansion": "English soul",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "sjæl"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish sjæl",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.\nThe type of bread is probably related to Allerseelen (“All Souls' Day”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Seele",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Seelen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Seelchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Seele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Seelen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Seele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Seelen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Seele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Seelen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Seele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Seelen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "dim": "Seelchen"
      },
      "expansion": "Seele f (genitive Seele, plural Seelen, diminutive Seelchen n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Seelenfrieden"
    },
    {
      "word": "Seelengröße"
    },
    {
      "word": "Seelenklempner"
    },
    {
      "word": "seelenruhig"
    },
    {
      "word": "Seelentröster"
    },
    {
      "word": "Seelenverkäufer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Seelenverwandter"
    },
    {
      "word": "seelenvoll"
    },
    {
      "word": "Seelenwanderung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Geist"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Two souls, alas! reside within my breast, / And each withdraws from, and repels, its brother.",
          "ref": "1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Vor dem Thor”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]; republished as Bayard Taylor, transl., 1870:",
          "text": "Zwey Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust, / Die eine will sich von der andern trennen;",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "You forgot the colour film, by my soul",
          "ref": "1974, “Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen”, Kurt Demmler (lyrics), Michael Heubach (music), performed by Nina Hagen:",
          "text": "Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen, bei meiner Seel'",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, “Sie wollen uns erzählen”, in Es ist egal, aber, performed by Tocotronic:",
          "text": "Sie wollen uns erzählen / Sie hätten eine Seele",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "soul"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mind, spirit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "human being, soul"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "human being",
          "human being"
        ],
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) human being, soul"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Firearms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bore (of a gun)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "firearm",
          "firearm"
        ],
        [
          "bore",
          "bore"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(firearms) bore (of a gun)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "firearms",
        "government",
        "military",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "politics",
        "tools",
        "war",
        "weaponry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "swim bladder"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "swim bladder",
          "swim bladder"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) swim bladder"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Electrical engineering"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "core (of an electric cable)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "electrical engineering",
          "electrical engineering"
        ],
        [
          "core",
          "core"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(electrical engineering) core (of an electric cable)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "electrical",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German colloquialisms",
        "German dated terms",
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the 500-person village; the town of 500 souls",
          "text": "das 500-Seelen-Dorf",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inhabitant (of a municipality)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inhabitant",
          "inhabitant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated or colloquial) inhabitant (of a municipality)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "dated",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Lutherie"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sound post"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lutherie",
          "lutherie"
        ],
        [
          "sound post",
          "sound post"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(lutherie) sound post"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Stimmstock"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "crafts",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "lutherie"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Southern German",
        "de:Baking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a type of narrow bread from Swabia"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "baking",
          "baking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "narrow",
          "narrow"
        ],
        [
          "bread",
          "bread"
        ],
        [
          "Swabia",
          "Swabia"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(baking, Southern Germany) a type of narrow bread from Swabia"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Germany",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "baking",
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzeːlə/",
      "note": "prescriptive standard"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈseːlɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "Austria"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Seele.OGG",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/De-Seele.OGG/De-Seele.OGG.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/De-Seele.OGG"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːlə"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Seel"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ],
      "word": "Seel'"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Seele"
}

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