Lauge
dieNounlye; brine; alkaline solution
English translations
- 01
lie
- 02
falsehood
- 03
untruth
Word details
- German meaning
- Eine alkalische Lösung, oft verwendet zum Reinigen oder Ätzen.
- English meaning
- Lye
- Synonym
- ätzende Lösung
- German example
- Vorsicht, Lauge kann ätzend sein.
- English example
- Be careful, lye can be corrosive.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- die
- Singular Form
- die Lauge
- Plural Form
- die Laugen
Related words
- Laugen
lye
- Laugensalz
Lye salt is a salt used for baking lye pastries to give them their typical brown color and taste.
- Blutlaugensalz
Potassium hexacyanoferrate
- Salzlauge
Brine
- Kalilauge
Potassium hydroxide solution
- Mutterlauge
Mother liquor
- Bullauge
Porthole
- Ablaugen
To strip
- Alkalilauge
Alkali lye
- Ölauge
Ölaugen are small, circular spots of fat that form on the surface of soups or sauces.
- Aalauge
A corn is a colloquial term for a type of callus on the foot.
- Natronlauge
Sodium hydroxide solution
- auslaugen
To leach, to exhaust
- blaumachen
To play truant
- Pottasche
Potash
- totarbeiten
To work oneself to death means to exhaust oneself physically and mentally through excessive work, to the point where health is severely endangered or death occurs.
- verarmen
To become impoverished
- übermüden
To overtire, to exhaust
- Natriumhydroxidlösung
Sodium hydroxide solution
- Ätzalkali
Caustic alkali
- Facettenauge
Compound eye
- Breze
Pretzel
- verseifen
To saponify
- Brezel
Pretzel
- Base
Base
- Base
Base
- Bretzel
Pretzel
- erschöpfend
Exhausting
- Kernseife
Castile soap is a simple, pure soap made mainly from natural fats and lye.
- ermüden
To fatigue means to become tired or exhausted.
- erschöpfen
To exhaust
- schlauchen
To exhaust
- überanstrengen
Overstrain
- Ätznatron
Sodium hydroxide, caustic soda
Example sentences with “Lauge”
Lauge wird zur Reinigung verwendet. (Lye is used for cleaning.)
Frequently asked questions
Is Lauge a countable noun?
'Lauge' is typically an uncountable mass noun, but in chemical contexts, the plural 'Laugen' refers to different types of alkaline solutions.