An expressive variant of nijpen (“to pinch”), in the sense of squeezing the lips.[1]
nippen
| Conjugation of nippen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | nippen | |||
| past singular | nipte | |||
| past participle | genipt | |||
| infinitive | nippen | |||
| gerund | nippen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | nip | nipte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | nipt, nip2 | nipte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | nipt | nipte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | nipt | nipte | ||
| 3rd person singular | nipt | nipte | ||
| plural | nippen | nipten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | nippe | nipte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | nippen | nipten | ||
| imperative sing. | nip | |||
| imperative plur.1 | nipt | |||
| participles | nippend | genipt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Borrowed from German Low German and Central German dialects, from Middle Low German nippen, variant of nîpen, from Old Saxon *hnīpan, from Proto-West Germanic *hnīpan (“to pinch”).
nippen (weak, third-person singular present nippt, past tense nippte, past participle genippt, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | nippen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | nippend | ||||
| past participle | genippt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich nippe | wir nippen | i | ich nippe | wir nippen |
| du nippst | ihr nippt | du nippest | ihr nippet | ||
| er nippt | sie nippen | er nippe | sie nippen | ||
| preterite | ich nippte | wir nippten | ii | ich nippte1 | wir nippten1 |
| du nipptest | ihr nipptet | du nipptest1 | ihr nipptet1 | ||
| er nippte | sie nippten | er nippte1 | sie nippten1 | ||
| imperative | nipp (du) nippe (du) |
nippt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.