Kippe
See also: kippe
German
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editProbably 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
editKippe f (genitive Kippe, plural Kippen)
- stub, butt (remnant of a smoked cigarette)
- Synonym: Stummel
- (colloquial) cigarette
Declension
editDeclension of Kippe [feminine]
Etymology 2
editFrom the verb kippen (“to tilt, to dump”), which itself might be derived from Kippe (etymology 1, above).
Noun
editKippe 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
editDeclension of Kippe [feminine]