Feminine
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Seife
- (feminine, uncountable) soap (substance)
- (countable, feminine) a piece of soap
- (countable, feminine) a particular sort of soap
- (feminine) placer deposit, placer
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
saiffi
Basel-Landschaft
saipfi
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.
abseifen
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