vippe

Danish

Etymology

From Swedish vippa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vebə/, [ˈveb̥ə]

Verb

vippe (imperative vip, infinitive at vippe, present tense vipper, past tense vippede, perfect tense har vippet)

  1. to seesaw (to use a seesaw)
  2. to bob (to move vertically at surface of water)
  3. to bob (to move (something) as though it were bobbing in water)
  4. to rock
  5. to roll
  6. to toss
  7. to tip, to tilt

Noun

vippe c (singular definite vippen, plural indefinite vipper)

  1. seesaw
  2. springboard, diving board
  3. row of eyelashes
  4. ear (the fruiting body of a grain plant)

Inflection

Declension of vippe
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vippe vippen vipper vipperne
genitive vippes vippens vippers vippernes

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related to vibrere, compare with Middle Low German wippen

Verb

vippe (imperative vipp, present tense vipper, passive vippes, simple past and past participle vippa or vippet, present participle vippende)

  1. to see-saw, totter, rock, sway, swing (back and forth)
  2. to tilt, tip, knock over, fling
  3. to bob, wag (birds' tails)
  4. to blink (of current, light, because of an overloaded circuit)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

vippe f (definite singular vippa, indefinite plural vipper, definite plural vippene)

  1. a lash (eyelash)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Related to vibrere, compare with Middle Low German wippen

Verb

vippe (present tense vippar, past tense vippa, past participle vippa, passive infinitive vippast, present participle vippande, imperative vippe/vipp)

  1. to see-saw, totter, rock, sway, swing (back and forth)
  2. to tilt, tip, knock over, fling
  3. to bob, wag (birds' tails)
  4. to blink (of current, light, because of an overloaded circuit)
Alternative forms

References