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Seife.

soap (substance)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈzaɪ̯fə/Germany/ˈsaɪ̯fɛ/[saɛ̯-]Austria, Southern-Germany, Switzerland
  1. soap (substance)

    feminine · uncountable
  2. a piece of soap

    countable · feminine
  3. a particular sort of soap

    countable · feminine
  4. placer deposit, placer

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German seife, from Old High German seifa, seiffa, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, dribble, strain, trickle”). Cognate with Dutch zeep, Low German Seep, West Frisian sjippe, English soap.

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