lippen

See also: Lippen

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

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -ɪpən

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
Conjugation of lippen (weak verb)
infinitive lippen
indicative present preterite
1st person singular lipp lipp
2nd person singular lipps(t) lipps(t)
3rd person singular lipp(t) lipp
plural lippt, lippen lippen
imperative present —
singular lipp(e)
plural lippt
participle present past
lippen (e)lippt, gelippt
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Scots

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [lɪpn]

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
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