slippe

• IPA^(key): /slepə/, [ˈsl̥eb̥ə]

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).

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

1. (transitive) to let go, release, drop

   Slip mig!

   Let me go!

2. (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.

• “slippe,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Derived from the verb.

slippe c (singular definite slippen, plural indefinite slipper)

1. (rare) alley

• “slippe,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

slippe

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of slippen

• sleppe (Nynorsk also)

From Old Norse sleppa.

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

1. to escape, be let off, to avoid, to not have to do (something)
2. to release (something)
3. to let (ut / out)

• unnslippe

• “slippe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.