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Nippflut

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, nippen +‎ Flut.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Nippflut f (genitive Nippflut, plural Nippfluten)

  1. neap tide
    Synonym: Nipptide
    Antonym: Springflut

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Nippflut” in Duden online
  • Nippflut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Gustav Goedel (1902) “Nipflut”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Seemannssprache (in German), Kiel und Leipzig: Lipsius & Tischer, page 342