Seife
German (Berlin)
/ˈzaɪ̯fə/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) soap substance
- (countable) a piece of soap
- (countable) a particular sort of soap
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German seife inherited from Old High German seifa inherited from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ (soap) derived from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (pour out, trickle, strain, drip, dribble, leak out, pour, leak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*seyb-
Gloss
pour out, trickle, strain, drip, dribble, leak out, pour, leak
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- handsoap English
- nonsoap English
- sandsoap English
- soap English
- soapbark English
- soapberry English
- soapbox English
- soapcurd English
- soapdish English
- soapen English
- soaper English
- soapery English
- soapfish English
- soapflake English
- soapie English
- soapland English
- soapless English
- soaplike English
- soaplock English
- soapmaker English
- soapmaking English
- soapnut English
- soaprock English
- soaproot English
- soapstar English
- soapstock English
- soapstone English
- soapsuds English
- soaptree English
- soapweed English
- soapwood English
- soapworks English
- soapwort English
- soapy English
- supersoap English
- saippua Finnish
- sapo Latin
- sapō Latin
- sebum Latin
- sābō Latin
- sāpō Latin
- sāpō, sāpōnem Latin
- sāpōne Latin
- sāpōnem Latin
- sēbum Latin
- Blase German
- Kern German
- Kernseife German
- Oper German
- Seifenblase German
- Seifenbläschen German
- Seifenoper German
- Soap German
- sapone Italian
- badzeep Dutch, Flemish
- scheerzeep Dutch, Flemish
- soap Dutch, Flemish
- zeep Dutch, Flemish
- zeep-appel Dutch, Flemish
- zeepachtig Dutch, Flemish
- zeepbak Dutch, Flemish
- zeepbel Dutch, Flemish
- zeepbes Dutch, Flemish
- zeepkist Dutch, Flemish
- zeepkruid Dutch, Flemish
- zeepnoot Dutch, Flemish
- zeepsteen Dutch, Flemish
- zepen Dutch, Flemish
- zepig Dutch, Flemish
- savon French
- savonnerie French
- savonneux French
- soap French
- *seyb- Proto-Indo-European
- *seyp- Proto-Indo-European
- sabão Portuguese
- *saipǭ Proto-Germanic
- *sipōną Proto-Germanic
- såpa Swedish
- サボン Japanese
- sāpe Old English
- sope Middle English
- sópa Irish
- seep Middle Dutch
- seifa Old High German
- seife Old High German
- sapono Ido
- seep Afrikaans
- xà bông Vietnamese
- xà phòng Vietnamese
- seife Middle High German
- Seef Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ဆပ်ပြာ Burmese
- savon Middle French
- *saipā gmw-pro
- סבון Hebrew (modern)
- *sēpa Old Dutch
- sêpe Middle Low German
- *saipā Frankish
- sjippe Western Frisian
- joob Marshallese
- *sēpe Old Frisian
- mydło Lower Sorbian
- myś Lower Sorbian
- sop Tok Pisin
- sopim Tok Pisin
- Seep Low German
- σαπούνιον gkm
- zaof Vilamovian
- mydło Upper Sorbian
- savony Malagasy
- sopo Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- sop West Uvean
- yööpö Ajië