Kippe

See also: kippe

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪpə/

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Etymology 1

Probably via unattested Middle Low German and Old Saxon forms from Latin cippus (“pole”). The word is attested in early modern German in an Upper German form kipfe and originally meant “top, point”.

Noun

Kippe f (genitive Kippe, plural Kippen)

1. stub, butt (remnant of a smoked cigarette)

   Synonym: Stummel

2. (colloquial) cigarette

   Synonyms: Zigarette, Fluppe, Tschick, Ziese

   Hasse ma 'ne Kippe? ― You got a cig?

Declension

Declension of Kippe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kippe	die	Kippen
genitive	einer	der	Kippe	der	Kippen
dative	einer	der	Kippe	den	Kippen
accusative	eine	die	Kippe	die	Kippen

Etymology 2

From the verb kippen (“to tilt, to dump”), which itself might be derived from Kippe (etymology 1, above).

Noun

Kippe f (genitive Kippe, plural Kippen)

1. dump (pile of refuse)

   Synonym: Halde

2. (chiefly in auf der Kippe) spot where something is tilted or tips over
3. (gymnastics) kip

Declension

Declension of Kippe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kippe	die	Kippen
genitive	einer	der	Kippe	der	Kippen
dative	einer	der	Kippe	den	Kippen
accusative	eine	die	Kippe	die	Kippen

Derived terms

• auf der Kippe
• Müllkippe

Further reading

• “Kippe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kippe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon