flippen

flippen

See also: Flippen

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English flip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɪpə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪpən

Verb

flippen

  1. (ergative) to roll, for example a joint
  2. (intransitive) to go berserk, to flip
  3. (intransitive) to act out of the ordinary, for example having an epileptic attack

Conjugation

Conjugation of flippen (weak)
infinitive flippen
past singular flipte
past participle geflipt
infinitive flippen
gerund flippen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular flip flipte
2nd person sing. (jij) flipt, flip2 flipte
2nd person sing. (u) flipt flipte
2nd person sing. (gij) flipt flipte
3rd person singular flipt flipte
plural flippen flipten
subjunctive sing.1 flippe flipte
subjunctive plur.1 flippen flipten
imperative sing. flip
imperative plur.1 flipt
participles flippend geflipt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Synonyms

German

Etymology

    Borrowed from English flip.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈflɪpən/, [ˈflɪp(ə)n], [ˈflɪpm̩]
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Hyphenation: flip‧pen
    • Rhymes: -ippen

    Verb

    flippen (weak, third-person singular present flippt, past tense flippte, past participle geflippt, auxiliary haben)

    1. (ergative) to skip (of a flat stone or similar) (to throw or be thrown so as to bounce or ricochet over a water surface)
      • 1982, Helme Hein, Freunde, Köln, Zürich: Gertraud Middelhauve, →ISBN:
        Am Dorfteich rasteten sie, wo es flache Kieselsteine zum Flippen gab und wo man so herrlich Versteckspielen konnte.
        The rested at the village pond where there were flat pebbles for skipping and where you could play a great game of hide and seek.
    2. (snowboarding, intransitive) to summersault
    3. (athletics, Austria, intransitive) to jump a Fosbury flop
    4. alternative form of flippern

    Conjugation

    Further reading

    • flippen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
    • flippen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • flippen” in Duden online
    • flippen” in OpenThesaurus.de

    Luxembourgish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English flip

    Verb

    flippen (third-person singular present flippt, past participle geflippt, auxiliary verb hunn)

    1. to flip, to freak out, to go crazy

    Conjugation

    Regular
    infinitive flippen
    participle geflippt
    auxiliary hunn
    present
    indicative
    imperative
    1st singular flippen
    2nd singular flipps flipp
    3rd singular flippt
    1st plural flippen
    2nd plural flippt flippt
    3rd plural flippen

    (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.