lippen

See also: Lippen

English

Alternative forms

• licken (dialectal)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English lipnen (“to trust”), of obscure origin. Perhaps an alteration of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English litnen (“to trust”), of (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  origin, compare Swedish lita (“to trust, depend, rely on”).

Verb

lippen (third-person singular simple present lippens, present participle lippening, simple past and past participle lippened)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To entrust; trust to (someone/something).
2. (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To trust; to expect; to depend or rely (on).

   Do not lippen to him! / I was lippening on you.

Usage notes

• Sense 2 usually with to or on.

Derived terms

• lippening
• mislippen

Anagrams

• nipple

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɪpən

Noun

lippen

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of lip

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Low German

Verb

lippen (past singular lipp, past participle lippt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to sob, to cry

Conjugation

Conjugation of lippen (weak verb)

infinitive	lippen
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	lipp	lipp
2nd person singular	lipps(t)	lipps(t)
3rd person singular	lipp(t)	lipp
plural	lippt, lippen	lippen
imperative	present	—
singular	lipp(e)
plural	lippt
participle	present	past
	lippen	(e)lippt, gelippt
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɪpn]

Verb

lippen (third-person singular simple present lippens, present participle lippenin, simple past lippent, past participle lippent)

1. (archaic) to trust, entrust
2. to expect, count on

Derived terms

• mislippen