nippen
Dutch
editEtymology
editAn expressive variant of nijpen (“to pinch”), in the sense of squeezing the lips.[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editnippen
Conjugation
editConjugation of nippen (weak) | ||||
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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
editReferences
edit- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “nippen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editVerb
editnippen (weak, third-person singular present nippt, past tense nippte, past participle genippt, auxiliary haben)
- 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
editinfinitive | nippen | ||||
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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.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “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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