Kippe

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German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Kippe f (genitive Kippe, plural Kippen)

  1. stub, butt (remnant of a smoked cigarette)
    Synonym: Stummel
  2. (colloquial) cigarette
    Synonyms: Zigarette, Fluppe, Ziese
    Hasse ma 'ne Kippe? ― You got a cig?
Declension
Declension of Kippe
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kippe die Kippen
genitive einer der Kippe der Kippen
dative einer der Kippe den Kippen
accusative eine die Kippe die Kippen

Etymology 2

From the verb kippen (“to tilt, to dump”), which itself might be derived from Kippe (etymology 1, above).

Noun

Kippe f (genitive Kippe, plural Kippen)

  1. dump (pile of refuse)
    Synonym: Halde
  2. (chiefly in auf der Kippe) spot where something is tilted or tips over
Declension
Declension of Kippe
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kippe die Kippen
genitive einer der Kippe der Kippen
dative einer der Kippe den Kippen
accusative eine die Kippe die Kippen
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Kippe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Kippe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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