lijp

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from the Yiddish surnames לייפּ (leyp), לייב (leyb), if originally used as a slur against Jews.[1] Related to the surnames Leib, Leip, and Löwe, all with the meaning "lion".

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯p

Adjective[edit]

lijp (comparative lijper, superlative lijpst)

  1. (Netherlands, Antwerp slang) foolish, crazy
  2. (Netherlands) dangerous, risky

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of lijp
uninflected lijp
inflected lijpe
comparative lijper
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial lijp lijper het lijpst
het lijpste
indefinite m./f. sing. lijpe lijpere lijpste
n. sing. lijp lijper lijpste
plural lijpe lijpere lijpste
definite lijpe lijpere lijpste
partitive lijps lijpers

References[edit]

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “lijp”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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