zeep
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch seep, sepe, from Old Dutch *sēpa, from Proto-West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.
Doublet of soap. Cognate with Low German sepe, West Frisian sjippe, German Seife, English soap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zeːp/
- (Belgium)
audio (Belgium) (file) - (Netherlands)
audio (Netherlands) (file) - Hyphenation: zeep
- Rhymes: -eːp
Noun
Handgemaakte Franse zeep
zeep f (plural zepen, diminutive zeepje n)
- soap
- De knuffel was in de emmer met zeep gevallen. ― The doll had fallen into the bucket of soap.
Derived terms
- handzeep
- inzepen
- om zeep helpen
- scheerzeep
- zeepachtig
- zeepbel
- zeepkist
- zeepsop
- zeepsteen
- zepen
- zepig
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