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Dutch
Verb
nippe
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of nippen
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
nippe f (plural nippes)
- (often in the plural) cheap and worn-out clothing; frippery
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German
Pronunciation
Verb
nippe
- inflection of nippen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Massachusett
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *nepyi, from Proto-Algic *nepiʔi (“water”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nippe
- water
References
- A Grammar of the Massachusetts Indian Language (1822)