Seifenstein

German

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. (mineralogy) Synonym of Saponit (“saponite”)
2. (geology) Synonym of Speckstein (“soapstone”)

Declension

Declension of Seifenstein [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Seifenstein	die	Seifensteine
genitive	eines	des	Seifensteines, Seifensteins	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