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wippen (plural wippens)
Derived from Middle Dutch wyppen (first attested in 1477), from Middle High German wipfen (“to jump”), from Proto-Germanic *wipjan- (“to move up and down”), probably related to *waibijaną (“to move around”).
wippen
Conjugation of wippen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | wippen | |||
past singular | wipte | |||
past participle | gewipt | |||
infinitive | wippen | |||
gerund | wippen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | wip | wipte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | wipt, wip2 | wipte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | wipt | wipte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | wipt | wipte | ||
3rd person singular | wipt | wipte | ||
plural | wippen | wipten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | wippe | wipte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | wippen | wipten | ||
imperative sing. | wip | |||
imperative plur.1 | wipt | |||
participles | wippend | gewipt | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
wippen
From Low German and Middle Low German wippen, ultimately from or related to Proto-West Germanic *waibijan (“to move back and forth”).
wippen (weak, third-person singular present wippt, past tense wippte, past participle gewippt, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | wippen | ||||
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present participle | wippend | ||||
past participle | gewippt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich wippe | wir wippen | i | ich wippe | wir wippen |
du wippst | ihr wippt | du wippest | ihr wippet | ||
er wippt | sie wippen | er wippe | sie wippen | ||
preterite | ich wippte | wir wippten | ii | ich wippte1 | wir wippten1 |
du wipptest | ihr wipptet | du wipptest1 | ihr wipptet1 | ||
er wippte | sie wippten | er wippte1 | sie wippten1 | ||
imperative | wipp (du) wippe (du) |
wippt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.