wippen
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the wippen of this piano is the part numbered 3
English
Etymology
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Noun
wippen (plural wippens)
- (music) A component of the action of a mechanical keyboard instrument such as a piano or organ
Synonyms
Further reading
- “wippen”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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”).
Verb
wippen
- to play with a seesaw
- to overthrow, flip over
- to dandle, teeter
- dat tafeltje wipt: that table teeters
- to hop
- (informal) to have sexual intercourse
Inflection
| Inflection of wippen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Berbice Creole Dutch: wepn
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
wippen
German
Etymology
From Low German and Middle Low German wippen, ultimately from or related to Proto-West Germanic *waibijan (“to move back and forth”).
Pronunciation
Verb
wippen (weak, third-person singular present wippt, past tense wippte, past participle gewippt, auxiliary haben)
- to seesaw
Conjugation
| infinitive | wippen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.