Soul

See also: soul, Söul, and soûl

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsou̯l]
• Rhymes: -oul
• Hyphenation: Soul

Proper noun

Soul m inan (relational adjective soulský, demonym Soulan, female demonym Soulanka)

1. Seoul (the capital and largest city of South Korea)

Declension

Declension of Soul (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Soul
genitive	Soulu
dative	Soulu
accusative	Soul
vocative	Soule
locative	Soulu
instrumental	Soulem

Further reading

• “Soul”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Soul”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Estonian

Alternative forms

• Seoul
• Söul (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsou̯l/, [ˈsou̯l]
• Rhymes: -oul
• Hyphenation: Soul
• Homophone: soul

Proper noun

Soul (genitive Souli, partitive Souli)

1. Seoul (the capital and largest city of South Korea)

Declension

Declension of Soul (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Soul	—
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Souli
genitive			—
partitive		Souli	—
illative		Souli Soulisse	—
inessive		Soulis	—
elative		Soulist	—
allative		Soulile	—
adessive		Soulil	—
ablative		Soulilt	—
translative		Souliks	—
terminative		Soulini	—
essive		Soulina	—
abessive		Soulita	—
comitative		Souliga	—

References

• Soul in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “Soul”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

German

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔʊ̯l/, /zoːl/

• Audio (Germany); /sɔʊ̯l/:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔʊ̯l, -oːl
• Homophone: Seoul (some pronunciations)

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 a Korea bethätigt sich jetzt besonders lebhaft bei dem in Kürze beginnenden Bau der Bahn von Soul nach dem an der Südostküste gelegenen Hafenorte Fusan.

     Construction of the Railway from Seoul to Busan in Korea. Since 1900, when the Korean Empire entered the ranks of railway nations with the opening of the 42-kilometre line from the capital, Seoul, to the west coast port of Chemulpo, railway construction in the “Land of Morning Calm” has been making increasingly lively progress. […] This Japanese interest in Korea is now particularly evident in the soon-to-begin construction of the railway from Seoul to the port city of Busan on the southeast coast.

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^[1] (in German)

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔul/, [ˈsɔul]
• Rhymes: -ɔul
• Hyphenation: So‧ul

Proper noun

Soul m inan (genitive singular Soulu, declension pattern of dub)

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, 2003–2026