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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɪpən

Verb

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nippen

  1. to sip, take a nip

Conjugation

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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.

Derived terms

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References

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

German

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Etymology

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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

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

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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 quotation)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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