Seifenstein

German

Etymology

Seife (“soap”) +‎ -n- +‎ Stein (“stone”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪ̯fənˌʃtaɪ̯n/

Noun

Seifenstein m (strong, genitive Seifensteins or Seifensteines, plural Seifensteine)

1. Synonym of Saponit (“saponite”)
2. (rare) Synonym of Speckstein (“soapstone”)
3. Short for Dresdner Seifenstein (“a kind of clinker brick”).
4. a mixture of lye and soda used in soap production

Declension

Declension of Seifenstein [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Seifenstein	die	Seifensteine
genitive	eines	des	Seifensteins, Seifensteines	der	Seifensteine
dative	einem	dem	Seifenstein, Seifensteine1	den	Seifensteinen
accusative	einen	den	Seifenstein	die	Seifensteine

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• Seifenstein on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de