Kippe
See also: kippe
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably via unattested Middle Low German and Old Saxon forms from Latin cippus (“pole”). The word is attested in early modern German in an Upper German form kipfe and originally meant “top, point”.
Noun edit
Kippe f (genitive Kippe, plural Kippen)
- stub, butt (remnant of a smoked cigarette)
- Synonym: Stummel
- (colloquial) cigarette
Declension edit
Declension of Kippe [feminine]
Etymology 2 edit
From the verb kippen (“to tilt, to dump”), which itself might be derived from Kippe (etymology 1, above).
Noun edit
Kippe f (genitive Kippe, plural Kippen)
- dump (pile of refuse)
- Synonym: Halde
- (chiefly in auf der Kippe) spot where something is tilted or tips over
Declension edit
Declension of Kippe [feminine]