See also: Kippen

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

Anagrams edit

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