Soul

See also: soul, Söul, Sŏul, and soûl

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 서울 (Seoul, literally “capital city”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsou̯l]

Proper noun

1. Seoul (the capital city of South Korea)

Derived terms

• soulský

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 서울 (Seoul, literally “capital city”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsou̯l/, [ˈs̠o̞u̯l]
• Rhymes: -oul
• Syllabification^(key): Soul

Proper noun

Soul

1. Seoul (the capital city of South Korea)

Declension

Inflection of Soul (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Soul	—
genitive		Soulin	—
partitive		Soulia	—
illative		Souliin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Soul	—
accusative	nom.	Soul	—
	gen.	Soulin
genitive		Soulin	—
partitive		Soulia	—
inessive		Soulissa	—
elative		Soulista	—
illative		Souliin	—
adessive		Soulilla	—
ablative		Soulilta	—
allative		Soulille	—
essive		Soulina	—
translative		Souliksi	—
abessive		Soulitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Soul (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Soulini — accusative nom. Soulini — gen. Soulini genitive Soulini — partitive Souliani — inessive Soulissani — elative Soulistani — illative Souliini — adessive Soulillani — ablative Souliltani — allative Soulilleni — essive Soulinani — translative Soulikseni — abessive Soulittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Soulisi — accusative nom. Soulisi — gen. Soulisi genitive Soulisi — partitive Souliasi — inessive Soulissasi — elative Soulistasi — illative Souliisi — adessive Soulillasi — ablative Souliltasi — allative Soulillesi — essive Soulinasi — translative Souliksesi — abessive Soulittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Soulimme — accusative nom. Soulimme — gen. Soulimme genitive Soulimme — partitive Souliamme — inessive Soulissamme — elative Soulistamme — illative Souliimme — adessive Soulillamme — ablative Souliltamme — allative Soulillemme — essive Soulinamme — translative Souliksemme — abessive Soulittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Soulinne — accusative nom. Soulinne — gen. Soulinne genitive Soulinne — partitive Soulianne — inessive Soulissanne — elative Soulistanne — illative Souliinne — adessive Soulillanne — ablative Souliltanne — allative Soulillenne — essive Soulinanne — translative Souliksenne — abessive Soulittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Soulinsa — accusative nom. Soulinsa — gen. Soulinsa genitive Soulinsa — partitive Souliaan Souliansa — inessive Soulissaan Soulissansa — elative Soulistaan Soulistansa — illative Souliinsa — adessive Soulillaan Soulillansa — ablative Souliltaan Souliltansa — allative Soulilleen Soulillensa — essive Soulinaan Soulinansa — translative Soulikseen Souliksensa — abessive Soulittaan Soulittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• Sulo, solu, sulo, ulos

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German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English soul, from Middle English, from Old English sāwol (“soul, life, spirit, being”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō (“soul”). Cognate with German Seele.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɔʊ̯l], [zoːl]

Noun

Soul m (strong, genitive Soul or Souls, plural Soul)

1. (music) soul music, soul

   Synonym: Soulmusik f

Declension

Declension of Soul [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Soul	die	Soul
genitive	eines	des	Soul, Souls	der	Soul
dative	einem	dem	Soul	den	Soul
accusative	einen	den	Soul	die	Soul

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Soul n (proper noun, genitive Souls or (optionally with an article) Soul)

1. Rare spelling of Seoul.
   • 1902, Archiv für Eisenbahnwesen. Herausgegeben im königlich preußischen Ministerium der öffentlichen Arbeiten. Fünfundzwanzigster Jahrgang 1902, Berlin, page 166f.:

     Bau der Eisenbahn von Soul nach Fusan in Korea. Nachdem seit dem Jahre 1900 das koreanische Halbinselreich mit Eröffnung der 42 km langen Eisenbahn von der Hauptstadt des Landes Soul nach dem an der Westküste gelegenen Hafen Chemulpo in die Reihe der Eisenbahnländer eingetreten ist, beginnt der Eisenbahnbau auch im Lande der „Morgenruhe“ lebhaftere Fortschritte zu machen. […] Dieses Interesse der Japaner an Korea bethätigt sich jetzt besonders lebhaft bei dem in Kürze beginnenden Bau der Bahn von Soul nach dem an der Südostküste gelegenen Hafenorte Fusan.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Soul [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Soul
genitive	des	Souls, Soul1
dative	dem	Soul
accusative	das	Soul

¹Optionally with an article.

Further reading

• “Soul” in Duden online
• “Soul” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔul]

Proper noun

1. Seoul (the capital of South Korea)

References

• “Soul”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024