ziel

See also: Ziel

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zil/
  • Rhymes: -il
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Noun

ziel f (plural zielen, diminutive zieltje n)

  1. soul
  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 quote)
    Synonym: stapel

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German

Verb

ziel

  1. Imperative singular of zielen.

Luxembourgish

Verb

ziel

  1. second-person singular imperative of zielen
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