vippe
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
vippe (imperative vip, infinitive at vippe, present tense vipper, past tense vippede, perfect tense har vippet)
- to seesaw (to use a seesaw)
- to bob (to move vertically at surface of water)
- to bob (to move (something) as though it were bobbing in water)
- to rock
- to roll
- to toss
- to tip, to tilt
Noun edit
vippe c (singular definite vippen, plural indefinite vipper)
- seesaw
- springboard, diving board
- row of eyelashes
- ear (the fruiting body of a grain plant)
Inflection edit
Declension of vippe
References edit
- “vippe” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Related to vibrere, compare with Middle Low German wippen
Verb edit
vippe (imperative vipp, present tense vipper, passive vippes, simple past and past participle vippa or vippet, present participle vippende)
- to see-saw, totter, rock, sway, swing (back and forth)
- to tilt, tip, knock over, fling
- to bob, wag (birds' tails)
- to blink (of current, light, because of an overloaded circuit)
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
vippe f (definite singular vippa, indefinite plural vipper, definite plural vippene)
- a lash (eyelash)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Related to vibrere, compare with Middle Low German wippen
Verb edit
vippe (present tense vippar, past tense vippa, past participle vippa, passive infinitive vippast, present participle vippande, imperative vippe/vipp)
- to see-saw, totter, rock, sway, swing (back and forth)
- to tilt, tip, knock over, fling
- to bob, wag (birds' tails)
- to blink (of current, light, because of an overloaded circuit)
Alternative forms edit
References edit
- “vippe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.