Softeis

See also: Soft-Eis

German

Softeis

Alternative forms

• Soft-Eis

Etymology

Partial calque of English soft serve. Compare Dutch softijs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔftˌʔaɪ̯s/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Soft‧eis

Noun

Softeis n (strong, genitive Softeises, plural Softeis or Softeise)

1. soft serve

Declension

Declension of Softeis [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Softeis	die	Softeis, Softeise
genitive	eines	des	Softeises	der	Softeis, Softeise
dative	einem	dem	Softeis, Softeise1	den	Softeis, Softeisen
accusative	ein	das	Softeis	die	Softeis, Softeise

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Softeis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Softeis” in Duden online
• “Softeis”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Softeis” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon