Sippe

See also: sippe

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sippe, from Old High German sibba, sippa, from Proto-West Germanic *sibbju. Cognate with English sib.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɪpə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Sip‧pe

Noun

Sippe f (genitive Sippe, plural Sippen)

1. clan, kin, (small, tight-knit) tribe
2. (colloquial, often derogatory) family, relatives (especially extended or generally of large size)

   Synonyms: Familie, Verwandtschaft

Declension

Declension of Sippe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Sippe	die	Sippen
genitive	einer	der	Sippe	der	Sippen
dative	einer	der	Sippe	den	Sippen
accusative	eine	die	Sippe	die	Sippen

Hyponyms

• Elternsippe
• Heilige Sippe
• Pfadfindersippe
• Pflanzensippe
• Schriftsippe
• Wortsippe

Holonyms

• Stamm

Derived terms

• Sippschaft
• versippen

compound nouns

• Sippenaltar
• Sippenältester
• Sippenangehöriger
• Sippenhaft
• Sippenhaupt
• Sippenname
• Sippenoberhaupt
• Sippenverband

See also

• Clan
• Dynastie

Further reading

• “Sippe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sippe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Sippe” in Duden online