sjæl

See also: sjal and själ

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish sial, siæl, Old Norse sál (“soul”), related to Norwegian Bokmål sjel and Swedish själ. The West Norse form is borrowed from Old English sāwol, the East Norse form, with -j-, from Old Saxon sēola, siola, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɕɛˀl]

Noun

sjæl c (singular definite sjælen, plural indefinite sjæle)

  1. soul

Inflection
Declension of sjæl
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sjæl sjælen sjæle sjælene
genitive sjæls sjælens sjæles sjælenes

Derived terms
  • besjæle
  • bondesjæl
  • folkesjæl
  • kræmmersjæl
  • menneskesjæl
  • sjæle
  • sjælefred
  • sjælelig
  • sjælfuld
  • sjælløs
  • sjælstilstand
  • verdenssjæl

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sjalfr.

Noun

sjæl f (definite singular sjæli, indefinite plural sjæler or sjælir, definite plural sjælerne or sjælene or sjæline)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of sjel

Usage notes
  • The forms sjælir and sjæline were only allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
  • Definite plural sjælene was only ever allowed for schoolchildren as of 1910.

Alternative forms
  • sjelv (alternative spelling)

Pronoun

sjæl

  1. (dialectal, Mid Eastern Norway) alternative form of sjølv (“self”)

Interjection

sjæl

  1. (dialectal, Oslo) ditto

Usage notes

Derived from the dialectal form (of the pronoun) traditionally used in the capital area, sjæl. Even though the Danish form (selv) has entered the spoken language through the written language Bokmål, the interjection is exclusively pronounced (and written) sjæl and cannot be replaced by selv.

Synonyms
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