kippen

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Irish cipín (stick used for planting; matchstick).

Noun

kippen (plural kippens)

  1. (dialectal) A piece of small firewood or kindling; dibber

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɪpən

Noun

kippen

  1. plural of kip

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German

Etymology

An originally Low German and Central German word of uncertain origin. Possibly derived from Kippe (etymology 1).

Pronunciation

Verb

kippen (weak, third-person singular present kippt, past tense kippte, past participle gekippt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to tilt
    Wenn du die Kiste kippst, wird der ganze Sand herausrieseln.
    If you tilt the box, all the sand will fall out.
  2. (transitive) to dump; to pour
    Der Lieferant kippte den Sand einfach vom Laster vor das Garagentor.
    The delivery man simply dumped the sand from the truck in front of the garage door.
  3. (intransitive) to tip over
    aus dem Anzug kippento be surprised, to be bowled over

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Further reading

  • kippen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • kippen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • kippen” in Duden online
  • kippen” in OpenThesaurus.de