Seifenlauge
[ˈzaɪ̯fn̩ˌlaʊ̯ɡə]
The verdict
“Seifenlauge” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lauge aus Seife
Corpus desk
Index DE-seifenlauge · Seifenlauge · German
Seifenlauge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Seifenlauge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzaɪ̯fn̩ˌlaʊ̯ɡə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Seifenlauge” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Seifenlauge is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzaɪ̯fn̩ˌlaʊ̯ɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lauge aus Seife".
Seifenlauge doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Seifenlauge, spelled S-E-I-F-E-N-L-A-U-G-E.
Definition
- 1Lauge aus Seife
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Seifenlauge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Papa sagte, Seifenlauge könne man auch selber machen, aus Wasser und Palmolive.“
„Die einzige Ausnahme war der Waschtag, wenn der Geruch nach Seifenlauge durch die Straße zog und der Dampf in den Himmel.“
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