nippen
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An expressive variant of nijpen (“to pinch”), in the sense of squeezing the lips.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]nippen
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of nippen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | nippen | |||
past singular | nipte | |||
past participle | genipt | |||
infinitive | nippen | |||
gerund | nippen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | nip | nipte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | nipt, nip2 | nipte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | nipt | nipte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | nipt | nipte | ||
3rd person singular | nipt | nipte | ||
plural | nippen | nipten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | nippe | nipte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | nippen | nipten | ||
imperative sing. | nip | |||
imperative plur.1 | nipt | |||
participles | nippend | genipt | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “nippen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Low German and Central German dialects, from Middle Low German nippen, variant of nîpen, from Old Saxon *hnīpan, from Proto-West Germanic *hnīpan (“to pinch”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]nippen (weak, third-person singular present nippt, past tense nippte, past participle genippt, auxiliary haben)
- to sip; to take a nip
- Er nippte gelangweilt an seinem Longdrink.
- He boredly sipped from his long drink.
- a. 1827, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Nett und niedlich”, in Epigrammatisch:
- Aber etwas fehlt dir noch; / Küssest mit so spitzen Lippen, / Wie die Tauben Wasser nippen; / Allzu zierlich bist du doch.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | nippen | ||||
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present participle | nippend | ||||
past participle | genippt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich nippe | wir nippen | i | ich nippe | wir nippen |
du nippst | ihr nippt | du nippest | ihr nippet | ||
er nippt | sie nippen | er nippe | sie nippen | ||
preterite | ich nippte | wir nippten | ii | ich nippte1 | wir nippten1 |
du nipptest | ihr nipptet | du nipptest1 | ihr nipptet1 | ||
er nippte | sie nippten | er nippte1 | sie nippten1 | ||
imperative | nipp (du) nippe (du) |
nippt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “nippen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “nippen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “nippen” in Duden online
- “nippen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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