Feminine
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Seife

  1. (feminine, uncountable) soap (substance)
  2. (countable, feminine) a piece of soap
  3. (countable, feminine) a particular sort of soap
  4. (feminine) placer deposit, placer

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

saiffi

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

saipfi

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

sòapfa

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzaɪ̯fə/
Etymology

In summary

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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