slippe

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /slepə/, [ˈsl̥eb̥ə]

Etymology 1

A merger of two related verbs: 1. the intransitive Old Norse sleppa (past tense slapp), from Proto-Germanic *slimpaną, cognate with Swedish slippa. 2. the transitive Old Norse sleppa (past tense sleppti), from Proto-Germanic *slampijaną, cognate with Swedish släppa. The Danish word is influenced by the similar but unrelated word Middle Low German slippen, Dutch slippen (whence English slip).

Verb

slippe (past tense slap, past participle sluppet, attributive common sluppen, attributive plural or definite slupne)

(transitive) to let go, release, drop
Slip mig!
Let me go!
(intransitive) to get out, get away, get off
Han slap med 10 år
He got off with 10 years

I det mindste slipper jeg for at skulle høre på hendes formaninger.
At least I didn't have to listen to all her admonitions.

Conjugation

Conjugation of slippe

	active	passive
present	slipper	slippes
past	slap	—
infinitive	slippe	slippes
imperative	slip	—

	participle
present	slippende
past	sluppet (auxiliary verb have or være)
gerund	slippen

Derived terms

References

“slippe,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Derived from the verb.

Noun

slippe c (singular definite slippen, plural indefinite slipper)

(rare) alley

Declension

Declension of *slippe*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	slippe	slippen	slipper	slipperne
genitive	slippes	slippens	slippers	slippernes

References

“slippe,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Verb

slippe

(dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of slippen

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

sleppe (Nynorsk also)

Etymology

From Old Norse sleppa.

Verb

slippe (imperative slipp, present tense slipper, passive slippes, simple past slapp, past participle sluppet, present participle slippende)

to escape, be let off (something)
to release (something)
to let (ut / out)

Derived terms

unnslippe

References

“slippe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.