wip

See also: WIP

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʋɪp/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wippe, wip, originally a verbal noun of wippen. Compare Old High German wipf (“a rapid movement”).

Noun

wip m (uncountable)

  1. hopping

Noun

wip c (plural wippen, diminutive wipje n)

  1. seesaw
    Synonyms: wipwap, (Brabantian, Booms) wippetater
  2. lever on a drawbridge
  3. (informal) a short period, a jiffy
  4. (informal) sexual intercourse
    Synonyms: seks, geslachtsgemeenschap
Derived terms

Verb

wip

  1. inflection of wippen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Middle High German

Etymology

Old High German wîp, wîb.

Noun

wîp n

  1. woman
    • c. 1200, Der Nibelunge Nôt, Av. 1:
      si wart ein schœne wîp. / dar umbe muosen degene  vil verliesen den lîp.
      She became a beautiful woman. For her many knights would lose their lives.

Declension
Declension of wîp (neuter, a-stem)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein daȥ wîp diu wîp
genitive eines dës wîbes dër wîbe
dative einem dëm wîbe dën wîben
accusative ein daȥ wîp diu wîp

Descendants
  • German: Weib

References
  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “wîp”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English whip.

Noun

wip

  1. whip
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