Schmierseife
German
Etymology
From schmieren (“to smear”) + Seife (“soap”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃmiːɐ̯zaɪ̯fə]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Schmier‧sei‧fe
Noun
Schmierseife f (genitive Schmierseife, plural Schmierseifen)
Declension
Declension of Schmierseife [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Schmierseife | die | Schmierseifen |
| genitive | einer | der | Schmierseife | der | Schmierseifen |
| dative | einer | der | Schmierseife | den | Schmierseifen |
| accusative | eine | die | Schmierseife | die | Schmierseifen |
Hypernyms
- Kaliumseife
Related terms
- Schmierant
- Schmierblatt
- Schmierfett
- Schmierfink
- Schmiergeld
- Schmierpapier
Further reading
- “Schmierseife” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schmierseife”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Schmierseife” in Duden online