kippen

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Irish cipín (stick used for planting; matchstick).

Noun[edit]

kippen (plural kippens)

  1. (dialectal) A piece of small firewood or kindling; dibber

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪpən

Noun[edit]

kippen

  1. plural of kip

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An originally Low German and Central German word of uncertain origin. Possibly derived from Kippe (etymology 1).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪpən/, [ˈkɪpn̩], [ˈkɪpm̩]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

kippen (weak, third-person singular present kippt, past tense kippte, past participle gekippt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to tilt [auxiliary haben]
    Wenn du die Kiste kippst, wird der ganze Sand herausrieseln.
    If you tilt the box, all the sand will fall out.
  2. (transitive) to dump; to pour [auxiliary haben]
    Der Lieferant kippte den Sand einfach vom Laster vor das Garagentor.
    The delivery man simply dumped the sand from the truck in front of the garage door.
  3. (intransitive) to tip over [auxiliary sein]
    aus dem Anzug kippento be surprised, to be bowled over

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Further reading[edit]

  • kippen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • kippen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • kippen” in Duden online
  • kippen” in OpenThesaurus.de