zeep
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch seep, sepe, from Old Dutch *sēpa, from Proto-West Germanic *saipā. Doublet of soap. Cognate with German Seife, English soap.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /zeːp/
- (Belgium)
audio (Belgium) (file) - (Netherlands)
audio (Netherlands) (file) - Hyphenation: zeep
- Rhymes: -eːp
Noun edit
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 edit
- handzeep
- inzepen
- om zeep helpen
- scheerzeep
- zeepachtig
- zeepbel
- zeepkist
- zeepsop
- zeepsteen
- zepen
- zepig
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: seep (see there for further descendants)
- Berbice Creole Dutch: sepu
- Skepi Creole Dutch: sepu
- → Lokono: sêpo