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French
Proper noun
Nippes f pl (plural only)
- Nippes (a department of Haiti; capital: Miragoâne), formerly the eastern part of Grand’Anse.
Descendants
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French nippes (“frippery”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Nippes m (strong, genitive Nippes, no plural)
- (collective) knick-knack, trinkets (small objects of minor value)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Zeug
1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks , 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
Further reading
- “Nippes” in Duden online
- “Nippes” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache