ziel

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See also: Ziel

Aragonese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

ziel m (plural ziels)

  1. sky

References


Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch siele, from Old Dutch sēla, *sēola, *siola, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō. Compare Low German Seel, West Frisian siel, German Seele, English soul.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zil/
  • audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ziel
  • Rhymes: -il

Noun

ziel f (plural zielen, diminutive zieltje n)

  1. soul (animate principle in non-materialist anthropologies)
    Synonym: nesjomme
  2. (lutherie) sound post
    • 2016, Marcel Cohen, Het innerlijke toneel. Feiten, tr. by Katelijne De Vuyst, Athenaeum.
      Ook de ziel is losgekomen en rolt heen en weer in de klankkast.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    Synonym: stapel

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: siel
  • Negerhollands: siel, zil
  • Sranan Tongo: sili

Anagrams


German

Verb

ziel

  1. singular imperative of zielen

Luxembourgish

Verb

ziel

  1. second-person singular imperative of zielen