wippen

English

the wippen of this piano is the part numbered 3

Etymology

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Noun

wippen (plural wippens)

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

Synonyms

Further reading

  • wippen at OneLook Dictionary Search

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪpən

Noun

wippen

  1. Plural form of wip

Verb

wippen

  1. to play with a seesaw
  2. to overthrow
  3. to dandle, teeter
    dat tafeltje wipt: that table teeters
  4. to hop
  5. (informal) to have sexual intercourse

Inflection

Inflection of wippen (weak)
infinitive wippen
past singular wipte
past participle gewipt
infinitive wippen
gerund wippen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular wipwipte
2nd person sing. (jij) wiptwipte
2nd person sing. (u) wiptwipte
2nd person sing. (gij) wiptwipte
3rd person singular wiptwipte
plural wippenwipten
subjunctive sing.1 wippewipte
subjunctive plur.1 wippenwipten
imperative sing. wip
imperative plur.1 wipt
participles wippendgewipt
1) Archaic.

Descendants

  • Berbice Creole Dutch: wepn

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. to seesaw

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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