sjæl

See also: sjal and själ

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sál (“soul”), from Old English sāwol, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō; compare also Old Saxon sēola.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sjɛːl/, [ɕɛːˀl]

Noun

sjæl c (singular definite sjælen, plural indefinite sjæle)

soul

Inflection

Declension of sjæl

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

Norwegian

Pronoun

sjæl

(dialectal) myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

Synonyms

sjøl, selv (Bokmål)
sjølv (Nynorsk)

Interjection

(dialectal, informal) ditto

Synonyms

samme her (dialectal: samma her)
i like måte (formal)

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, the interjection is exclusively pronounced (and written) sjæl and cannot be replaced by selv.

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