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Kippe
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kippe
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈkɪpə/
de De-Kippe.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Etymology 1
Probably via unattested de gml - and de osx - forms from de la cippus pole. The word is attested in early modern German in an Upper German form de kipfe and originally meant “top, point”.
Noun
f
stub, butt remnant of a smoked cigarette
de Stummel
de colloquial cigarette
de Zigarette Fluppe Tschick Ziese
de Hasse ma 'ne Kippe? You got a cig?
de 2015 Olivia Vieweg Schwere See, mein Herz Suhrkamp 978-3-518-46599-8 69 Hey, ich dachte, du findest Kippen voll eklig!Sind sie ja auch! Ich probier es trotzdem.
Declension
f
Etymology 2
From the verb de kippen to tilt, to dump, which itself might be derived from Kippe (etymology 1, above).
Noun
f
dump pile of refuse
de Halde
de chiefly in de auf der Kippe spot where something is tilted or tips over
de gymnastics kip
Declension
f
Derived terms
de auf der Kippe
de Müllkippe
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