Sofa

See also: SOFA, sofa, sofá, sofà, sófa, and sofā

German

Alternative forms

• Sopha (plural: Sophas)

Etymology

From French sofa and Italian sofà, from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzoːfa/

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Noun

Sofa n (strong, genitive Sofas, plural Sofas)

1. sofa, couch (upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, that accommodates at least two people)

   Synonym: Couch

Declension

Declension of Sofa [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Sofa	die	Sofas
genitive	eines	des	Sofas	der	Sofas
dative	einem	dem	Sofa	den	Sofas
accusative	ein	das	Sofa	die	Sofas

Descendants

• → Estonian: sohva
• → Kashubian: zófa

Further reading

• “Sofa” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sofa” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Sofa” in Duden online
• Sofa on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈfaː/

Noun

Sofa m (plural Sofas)

1. sofa

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary