German edit

Etymology edit

15th century, from Middle Low German kīpe. Cognate with dialectal Dutch kiep, English kipe (basket used for catching fish).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiːpə/
  • (file)

Noun edit

Kiepe f (genitive Kiepe, plural Kiepen)

  1. a large wicker basket, carrying basket (typically on the back)
    • 1921 [1913], Gorch Fock [pseudonym; Johann Kinau], Seefahrt ist not!, page 212:
      Metta Greuns, die Stutenfrau, die von dem schriftgelehrten Jan Stihr, der ein bißchen heilig ist, nicht mit Unrecht die Finkenwärder Morgenpost genannt wird, kommt mit ihren mächtigen Kiepen den Deich entlang, die fast größer sind als sie, und singt vor allen Türen.
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See also edit

Descendants edit

  • Kashubian: czipa

Further reading edit

German Low German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German kîpe, from Old Saxon *kīpa, from Proto-Germanic *kipǭ, *kippǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gey- (to bend, twist).

Noun edit

Kiepe f (plural Kiepen)

  1. carrying basket

Saterland Frisian edit

Etymology edit

Probably Middle Low German kîpe, from Old Saxon *kīpa, from Proto-Germanic *kipǭ, *kippǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gey- (to bend, twist).

Noun edit

Kiepe f

  1. basket