Seele

See also: seele

German

The type of bread is probably related to Allerseelen (“All Souls' Day”).

IPA^(key): /ˈzeːlə/ (Germany)
- Audio: (file) (Germany)
- Audio: (file) (Germany (Berlin))
IPA^(key): /ˈseːlɛ/ (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
Rhymes: -eːlə
Hyphenation: See‧le

Seele f (genitive Seele, plural Seelen, diminutive Seelchen n)

soul
- 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Vor dem Thor”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]‎^[1]; republished as Bayard Taylor, transl., 1870:
  Zwey Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust, / Die eine will sich von der andern trennen;
  Two souls, alas! reside within my breast, / And each withdraws from, and repels, its brother.
- 1974, “Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen”, Kurt Demmler (lyrics), Michael Heubach (music), performed by Nina Hagen:
  Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen, bei meiner Seel'
  You forgot the colour film, by my soul
- 1997, “Sie wollen uns erzählen”, in Es ist egal, aber, performed by Tocotronic:
  Sie wollen uns erzählen / Sie hätten eine Seele
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
mind, spirit
(by extension) human being, soul
(firearms) bore (of a gun)
(anatomy) swim bladder
(electrical engineering) core (of an electric cable)
(dated or colloquial) inhabitant (of a municipality)
das 500-Seelen-Dorf ― the 500-person village; the town of 500 souls
(lutherie) sound post
Synonym: Stimmstock
(baking, Southern Germany) a type of narrow bread from Swabia

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