Laugen
dasNounlye (chemical); soaking (culinary)
English translations
- 01
lye
- 02
alkali
- 03
lye water
Word details
- German meaning
- Eine stark alkalische Lösung, oft zum Reinigen verwendet.
- English meaning
- lye
- Synonym
- ätzende Lösungen, Basen
- German example
- Man muss vorsichtig mit Laugen umgehen.
- English example
- You have to be careful when handling lye.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- das
- Singular Form
- das Laugen
- Plural Form
- None
Related words
- Laugensalz
Lye salt is a salt used for baking lye pastries to give them their typical brown color and taste.
- auslaugen
To leach, to exhaust
- Blutlaugensalz
Potassium hexacyanoferrate
- Ablaugen
To strip
- übermüden
To overtire, to exhaust
- schlauchen
To exhaust
- 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.
- überanstrengen
Overstrain
- erschöpfend
Exhausting
- Breze
Pretzel
- Brezel
Pretzel
- Lauge
Lye
- Pottasche
Potash
- Bretzel
Pretzel
- Salzlauge
Brine
- Alkalilauge
Alkali lye
- Mutterlauge
Mother liquor
- 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.
- Bullauge
Porthole
- Kernseife
Castile soap is a simple, pure soap made mainly from natural fats and lye.
- Facettenauge
Compound eye
- ermüden
To fatigue means to become tired or exhausted.
- verarmen
To become impoverished
- erschöpfen
To exhaust
Example sentences with “Laugen”
Die Brezeln müssen kurz in der Lauge baden. (The pretzels must soak in the lye briefly.)
Frequently asked questions
Is Laugen a verb or a noun?
It can be a verb (to soak in lye) or the plural of 'die Lauge' (lyes).