Nippes
See also: nippes
French
editProper noun
editNippes f pl (plural only)
- Nippes (a department of Haiti; capital: Miragoâne), formerly the eastern part of Grand’Anse.
Descendants
edit- Haitian Creole: Nip
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French nippes (“frippery”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editNippes m (strong, genitive Nippes, no plural)
- (collective) knick-knack, trinkets (small objects of minor value)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Zeug
- 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks […] [1], Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, page 12:
- Außer den regelmäßig an den Wänden verteilten, steifen Armstühlen gab es nur noch einen kleinen Nähtisch am Fenster, und, dem Sofa gegenüber, einen zerbrechlichen Luxus-Sekretär, bedeckt mit Nippes.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
editDeclension of Nippes [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Further reading
editCategories:
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French pluralia tantum
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Departments of Haiti
- fr:Places in Haiti
- German terms borrowed from French
- German terms derived from French
- German 2-syllable words
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/ɪpəs
- Rhymes:German/ɪpəs/2 syllables
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German uncountable nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German collective nouns
- German terms with quotations