soul
The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and…The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality, often believed to live on after the person's death.
» The man sold his soul to the devil.
Der Mann verkaufte dem Teufel seine Seele. — xtofu80
Этот человек продал душу дьяволу. — ae5s
Ця людина продала душу дияволу. — Internecivus
Чоловік продав душу дияволу. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
9 senses(countable, uncountable)The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality, often believed to live on after the person's death.
Seele
душа́dušá
душа́dušá
(countable, uncountable)The spirit or essence of anything.
(countable, uncountable)Life, energy, vigor.
Geist
душа́dušá, духdux
духdux
(countable, uncountable)Cultural consciousness and pride among people of African American heritage.
(countable, uncountable)A strong positive feeling of intense sensitivity and emotional fervor conveyed especially by African American performers.
(countable, uncountable)Soul music.
Soul
со́улsóul
со́улsóul
(countable, uncountable)A person, especially as one among many.
Seele
(countable, uncountable)An individual life.
Fifty souls were lost when the ship sank.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
(countable, uncountable)A kind of submanifold involved in the soul theorem of Riemannian geometry.
Examples
721 sentencesThe man sold his soul to the devil.
Ця людина продала душу дияволу. — Internecivus
ruЭтот человек продал душу дьяволу. — ae5s
deDer Mann verkaufte dem Teufel seine Seele. — xtofu80
Do you think animals have souls?
Гадаєш, тварини мають душу? — deniko
ruКак ты думаешь, у животных есть душа? — marafon
He got down on his knees and prayed for the souls of the deceased.
Він став на коліна та молився за душі померлих. — marko
ruОн встал на колени и помолился за души усопших. — Wezel
deEr ging auf die Knie und betete für die Seelen der Verstorbenen. — Kerstin
I won't sell my soul.
Я не продам свою душу. — stifler86
ruЯ не буду продавать свою душу. — marafon
deIch werde meine Seele nicht verkaufen. — nemoli
There wasn't a soul in sight.
ruНе было видно ни души. — sharptoothed
deEs war weit und breit keine Menschenseele zu sehen. — Sudajaengi
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English soule, sowle, saule, sawle, from Old English sāwol (“soul, life, spiriFrom Middle English soule, sowle, saule, sawle, from Old English sāwol (“soul, life, spirit, being”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō (“soul”), of an uncertain ultimate origin (see there for further information).
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Forms
plural: soulsSynonyms
9 synonyms- deep feeling or emotion:soulfulness
- the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life:psyche
- a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential:personindividualsomeonesomebodymortal
Word family
73 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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