Pippau

German

Etymology

Older also Pippaw, at least since the 16th century, and earlier with vaguer correspondences to composite plants; from Polish pępawa or another West Slavic regiolect close to it, seemingly having a masculine by-form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪpaʊ̯]

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Noun

Pippau m (strong, genitive Pippaus or Pippaues, plural Pippaue)

1. hawksbeard (Crepis gen. et spp.)

Declension

Declension of Pippau [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pippau	die	Pippaue
genitive	eines	des	Pippaus, Pippaues	der	Pippaue
dative	einem	dem	Pippau, Pippaue1	den	Pippauen
accusative	einen	den	Pippau	die	Pippaue

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Pippau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache