different between lippen vs kippen

English

Alternative forms

• licken (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English lipnen (“to trust”), of obscure origin. Perhaps an alteration of Middle English litnen (“to trust”), of North Germanic origin, compare Swedish lita (“to trust, depend, rely on”).

Verb

lippen (third-person singular simple present lippens, present participle lippening, simple past and past participle lippened)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To entrust; trust to (someone/something).
2. (intransitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To trust; to expect; to depend or rely (on).

   Do not lippen to him! / I was lippening on you.

Usage notes

• Sense 2 usually with to or on.

Derived terms

• lippening
• mislippen

Anagrams

• nipple

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?p?n

Noun

lippen

1. Plural form of lip

Low German

Verb

lippen (past singular lipp, past participle lippt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to sob, to cry

Conjugation

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l?pn]

Verb

lippen (third-person singular present lippens, present participle lippenin, past lippent, past participle lippent)

1. (archaic) to trust, entrust
2. to expect, count on

Derived terms

• mislippen

English

Alternative forms

• kippeen (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish cipín (“stick used for planting; matchstick”).

Noun

kippen (plural kippens)

1. (dialectal) A piece of small firewood or kindling; dibber

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?p?n

Noun

kippen

1. Plural form of kip

Anagrams

• knippe

German

Etymology

An originally Low German and Central German word of uncertain origin. Possibly derived from Kippe (etymology 1).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?p?n/, [?k?p?n], [?k?pm?]

Verb

kippen (weak, third-person singular present kippt, past tense kippte, past participle gekippt, auxiliary haben or sein)

1. (transitive) to tilt [auxiliary haben]
2. (transitive) to dump; to pour [auxiliary haben]
3. (intransitive) to tip over [auxiliary sein]

Conjugation

Derived terms

• abkippen
• ankippen
• auskippen
• runterkippen
• umkippen
• wegkippen
• Kippe (etymology 2)
• Kipper
• Kippschwingung
• Kippstufe