wippen
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Etymology
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Noun
[edit]wippen (plural wippens)
- (music) A component of the action of a mechanical keyboard instrument such as a piano or organ
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “wippen”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]wippen
- to play with a seesaw
- to overthrow, flip over
- to dandle, teeter
- dat tafeltje wipt: that table teeters
- to hop
- (informal) to have sexual intercourse
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of wippen (weak) | ||||
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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. |
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[edit]Etymology 2
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Noun
[edit]wippen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Low German and Middle Low German wippen, ultimately from or related to Proto-West Germanic *waibijan (“to move back and forth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]wippen (weak, third-person singular present wippt, past tense wippte, past participle gewippt, auxiliary haben)
- to seesaw
- 2024, Artur-Axel Wandtke, Die Unvollendete. Roman, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, →ISBN, page 109:
- Der Staatsanwalt berichtete, dass zwanzig Personen getötet und vierhundert verletzt wurden. In seinem Eifer glühten seine kalten blauen Augen. Immer wenn er sich an die Angeklagten richtete, wippte sein dicker Bauch, der ihn auf den Boden zu ziehen drohte.
- The public prosecutor reported twenty people having been killed and four hundred wounded. In his zeal his cold blue eyes were ardent. Every time he veered towards the accusees. his thick belly tottered, forecasting him to fall onto the ground.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | wippen | ||||
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present participle | wippend | ||||
past participle | gewippt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich wippe | wir wippen | i | ich wippe | wir wippen |
du wippst | ihr wippt | du wippest | ihr wippet | ||
er wippt | sie wippen | er wippe | sie wippen | ||
preterite | ich wippte | wir wippten | ii | ich wippte1 | wir wippten1 |
du wipptest | ihr wipptet | du wipptest1 | ihr wipptet1 | ||
er wippte | sie wippten | er wippte1 | sie wippten1 | ||
imperative | wipp (du) wippe (du) |
wippt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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