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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

einweichen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ain-vai-chen

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Soak/soʊk/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2450 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Ich lasse die Bohnen über Nacht einweichen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To immerse something in liquid for a period of time.

    "I like to soak the beans overnight before cooking them."
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of soaking or the state of being soaked.

    "After a long soak in the tub, I felt completely relaxed."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English word 'sōcian', meaning to steep or cause to be soaked, originating from Proto-Germanic roots. Over centuries, the term evolved to encompass both literal saturation in liquid and figurative absorption of knowledge or experiences.

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