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单词 nippen
释义

nippen

Dutch

Etymology

An expressive variant of nijpen (to pinch), in the sense of squeezing the lips.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪpən

Verb

nippen

  1. to sip, take a nip

Inflection

Inflection of nippen (weak)
infinitivenippen
past singularnipte
past participlegenipt
infinitivenippen
gerundnippen n
present tensepast tense
1st person singularnipnipte
2nd person sing. (jij)niptnipte
2nd person sing. (u)niptnipte
2nd person sing. (gij)niptnipte
3rd person singularniptnipte
pluralnippennipten
subjunctive sing.1nippenipte
subjunctive plur.1nippennipten
imperative sing.nip
imperative plur.1nipt
participlesnippendgenipt
1) Archaic.

References

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

German

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɪpən/, [ˈnɪpən], [ˈnɪpm̩]
  • (file)

Verb

nippen (weak, third-person singular present nippt, past tense nippte, past participle genippt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to sip; to take a nip
    Er nippte gelangweilt an seinem Longdrink.
    He boredly sipped from his long drink.
    • a. 1827, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Nett und niedlich”, in Epigrammatisch:
      Aber etwas fehlt dir noch; / Küssest mit so spitzen Lippen, / Wie die Tauben Wasser nippen; / Allzu zierlich bist du doch.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Conjugation

  • Nippflut

Further reading

  • nippen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • nippen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • nippen” in Duden online
  • nippen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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