lijp

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Etymology

Possibly from the Yiddish surnames לייפּ (leyp), לייב (leyb), if originally used as a slur against Jews.[1] Related to the surnames Leib, Leip, and Löwe, all with the meaning "lion".

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯p

Adjective

lijp (comparative lijper, superlative lijpst)

  1. (Netherlands, Antwerp slang) foolish, crazy
  2. (Netherlands) dangerous, risky

Declension

Declension of lijp
uninflected lijp
inflected lijpe
comparative lijper
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial lijp lijper het lijpst
het lijpste
indefinite m./f. sing. lijpe lijpere lijpste
n. sing. lijp lijper lijpste
plural lijpe lijpere lijpste
definite lijpe lijpere lijpste
partitive lijps lijpers —

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “lijp”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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