Seife

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English

Proper noun

Seife (plural Seifes)

  1. A surname.

German

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Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzaɪ̯fə/ (prescriptive standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɛ̯fɛ/ (Austria)
  • Hyphenation: Sei‧fe
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Noun

Seife f (genitive Seife, plural Seifen)

  1. (uncountable) soap (substance)
    • 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband), Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, page 104:
      Was hingegen die Reinlichkeit des Körpers betrifft, „so wäscht sich der Soldat nach dem Aufstehen mit kaltem Wasser und Seife Gesicht, Hals, Ohren, Brust und Achselhöhle, reinigt die Hände im Seifenwasser mit einer Handbürste und entfernt den Schmutz unter den Fingernägeln mit einer Nagelschere oder einem Nagelreiniger [...]“.
      On the other hand, concerning the cleanliness of the body, „the soldier washes, after getting up, with cold water and soap his face, neck, ears, chest and armpit, cleans the hands in the soap water with a hand brush and removes the dirt under the fingernails with nail scissors or a nail cleaner “
  2. (countable) a piece of soap
    Synonym: (more common) Stück Seife
  3. (countable) a particular sort of soap
  4. (geology) placer deposit, placer

Declension

Declension of Seife
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Seife die Seifen
genitive einer der Seife der Seifen
dative einer der Seife den Seifen
accusative eine die Seife die Seifen

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

soap
placer

Derived terms

soap
placer

Further reading

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Noun

Seife f

  1. plural of Seif
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