Lippe

See also: lippe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lippe.

Proper noun

Lippe

1. A river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
2. A district (Kreis) in North Rhine-Westphalia.
3. An unincorporated community in Robinson Township, Posey County, Indiana, United States, named after Lippe, Germany.
4. A surname.

Translations

Translations

• German: Lippe (de) f
• Latin: Lūpia m

Further reading

• Lippe (river) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪpə/

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Etymology 1

Picture dictionary

Lippe

Stirn

Augenbraue

Wimper

Auge

Nase

Nasenloch

Wange

Kiefer

Mund

Lippe

Kinn

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Körper

Körper

An originally Low and Central German form (though not in all dialects of the latter). From Middle Low German lippe and northern Middle High German lippe, from Old High German *lippa, from Proto-West Germanic *lippjō.

One reason for the form’s prevailing in modern standard German was its use in Luther’s Bible translation. It gradually reduced Upper German Lefze to a marginal role (now chiefly “lip of a predator”, but rare).

Noun

Lippe f (genitive Lippe, plural Lippen)

1. (anatomy) lip

Declension

Declension of Lippe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Lippe	die	Lippen
genitive	einer	der	Lippe	der	Lippen
dative	einer	der	Lippe	den	Lippen
accusative	eine	die	Lippe	die	Lippen

Derived terms

• Lippenabdruck
• Lippenbekenntnis
• Lippenblütler
• Lippenröte
• Lippenstift
• Lippfisch
• Oberlippe
• Schamlippe
• Stimmlippe
• Unterlippe

 

Etymology 2

Germanic (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

die Lippe f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Lippe)

2. Lippe (a river in northwestern Germany)

Derived terms

• Lippe-Detmold
• Lippe-Schaumburg
• Lipper
• Lipperland
• Lippstadt
• Schaumburg-Lippe

 

Lippe n (proper noun, genitive Lippes or (optionally with an article) Lippe)

1. A rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia. Seat: Detmold

Lippe m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Lippes or (with an article) Lippe, feminine genitive Lippe, plural Lippes or Lippe)

1. a surname transferred from the place name

Further reading

• “Lippe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Lippe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Lippe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Lippe (Fluss) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlipə/

Noun

Lippe f

1. plural of Lipp

Low German

Alternative forms

• Lipp

Etymology

From Middle Low German lippe, from Old Saxon *lippia, from Proto-West Germanic *lippjō.

Noun

Lippe f (plural Lippen)

1. (anatomy) lip

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *lippe, lippa, from Proto-West Germanic *lippjō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɪppə/

Noun

Lippe f

1. (anatomy) lip