Soja

See also: soja, sója, sôja, sōja, šoja, soją, and Soją

Translingual

Proper noun

Soja f

1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – synonym of Glycine (soybeans etc.).

Derived terms

• Soja ussuriensis (wild soy bean)
• Soja soja (wild soy bean)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Soja.

Proper noun

Soja (plural Sojas)

1. A surname from Polish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Soja is the 31873^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 724 individuals. Soja is most common among White (95.44%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Soja”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• AOJs, Jaos, Jaso

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsoja]

Proper noun

Soja m anim (female equivalent Sojová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Soja (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Soja	Sojové
genitive	Soji	Sojů
dative	Sojovi	Sojům
accusative	Soju	Soji
vocative	Sojo	Sojové
locative	Sojovi	Sojích
instrumental	Sojou	Soji

Further reading

• “Soja”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Satsuma Japanese 醤油 (そや, soya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzoːja/
• Hyphenation: So‧ja

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Soja f (genitive Soja, plural Sojen) or
Soja n (strong, genitive Sojas, plural Sojen)

1. soy

Declension

Declension of Soja [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Soja	die	Sojen
genitive	einer	der	Soja	der	Sojen
dative	einer	der	Soja	den	Sojen
accusative	eine	die	Soja	die	Sojen

Declension of Soja [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Soja	die	Sojen
genitive	eines	des	Sojas	der	Sojen
dative	einem	dem	Soja	den	Sojen
accusative	ein	das	Soja	die	Sojen

Derived terms

• Sojabohne
• Sojakeim
• Sojamehl
• Sojamilch
• Sojaöl
• Sojasauce
• Sojasoße
• Sojasprosse

Further reading

• “Soja” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Etymology

Etymology tree

Chinese 醬油 / 酱油obor.

Japanese 醤油

Japanese そやbor.

Dutch sojabor.

Brazilian Portuguese sojabor.

Hunsrik Soja

Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese soja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoːʃa/
• Rhymes: -oːʃa
• Syllabification: So‧ja

Noun

Soja f (plural Soje)

1. soybean

Polish

Etymology

Back-formation from sójka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.ja/
• Rhymes: -ɔja
• Syllabification: So‧ja
• Homophone: soja

Proper noun

Soja m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Soja

	singular	plural
nominative	Soja	Sojowie
genitive	Soi	Sojów
dative	Soi	Sojom
accusative	Soję	Sojów
instrumental	Soją	Sojami
locative	Soi	Sojach
vocative	Sojo	Sojowie

Proper noun

Soja f (traditional married form Sojina, traditional unmarried form Sojanka)

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Soja

	singular	plural
nominative	Soja	Soje
genitive	Soi	Soj
dative	Soi	Sojom
accusative	Soję	Soje
instrumental	Soją	Sojami
locative	Soi	Sojach
vocative	Sojo	Soje

Further reading

• “Soja”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030