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wippen

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English

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the wippen of this piano is the part numbered 3

Etymology

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Noun

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wippen (plural wippens)

  1. (music) A component of the action of a mechanical keyboard instrument such as a piano or organ

Synonyms

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Further reading

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  • wippen”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪpən

Etymology 1

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Derived from Middle Dutch wyppen (first attested in 1477), from Middle High German wipfen (to jump), from Proto-Germanic *wipjan- (to move up and down), probably related to *waibijaną (to move around).

Verb

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wippen

  1. to play with a seesaw
  2. to overthrow, flip over
  3. to dandle, teeter
    dat tafeltje wipt: that table teeters
  4. to hop
  5. (informal) to have sexual intercourse
Conjugation
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Conjugation of wippen (weak)
infinitive wippen
past singular wipte
past participle gewipt
infinitive wippen
gerund wippen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular wip wipte
2nd person sing. (jij) wipt, wip2 wipte
2nd person sing. (u) wipt wipte
2nd person sing. (gij) wipt wipte
3rd person singular wipt wipte
plural wippen wipten
subjunctive sing.1 wippe wipte
subjunctive plur.1 wippen wipten
imperative sing. wip
imperative plur.1 wipt
participles wippend gewipt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: wip
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: wepn

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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wippen

  1. plural of wip

German

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Etymology

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From Low German and Middle Low German wippen, ultimately from or related to Proto-West Germanic *waibijan (to move back and forth).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvɪpn̩]
  • Hyphenation: wip‧pen
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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wippen (weak, third-person singular present wippt, past tense wippte, past participle gewippt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to seesaw

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • wippen” in Duden online
  • wippen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache