kippen
See also: Kippen
English
Alternative forms
- kippeen (archaic)
German
Etymology
An originally Low German and Central German word of uncertain origin. Possibly derived from Kippe (etymology 1).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɪpən/, [ˈkɪpn̩], [ˈkɪpm̩]
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Verb
kippen (weak, third-person singular present kippt, past tense kippte, past participle gekippt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (transitive) to tilt [auxiliary haben]
- Wenn du die Kiste kippst, wird der ganze Sand herausrieseln.
- If you tilt the box, all the sand will fall out.
- (transitive) to dump; to pour [auxiliary haben]
- Der Lieferant kippte den Sand einfach vom Laster vor das Garagentor.
- The delivery man simply dumped the sand from the truck in front of the garage door.
- (intransitive) to tip over [auxiliary sein]
- aus dem Anzug kippen ― to be surprised, to be bowled over
Conjugation
infinitive | kippen | ||||
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present participle | kippend | ||||
past participle | gekippt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich kippe | wir kippen | i | ich kippe | wir kippen |
du kippst | ihr kippt | du kippest | ihr kippet | ||
er kippt | sie kippen | er kippe | sie kippen | ||
preterite | ich kippte | wir kippten | ii | ich kippte1 | wir kippten1 |
du kipptest | ihr kipptet | du kipptest1 | ihr kipptet1 | ||
er kippte | sie kippten | er kippte1 | sie kippten1 | ||
imperative | kipp (du) kippe (du) |
kippt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- abkippen
- ankippen
- aus den Latschen kippen
- auskippen
- Kippe
- Kipper
- Kippschwingung
- Kippstufe
- runterkippen
- umkippen
- wegkippen
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