Kiepe

German

Etymology

15th century, from Middle Low German kīpe. Cognate with dialectal Dutch kiep, English kipe (“basket used for catching fish”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkiːpə/
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Noun

Kiepe f (genitive Kiepe, plural Kiepen)

  1. a large wicker basket, carrying basket (typically on the back)
    • 1921 [1913], Gorch Fock [pseudonym; Johann Kinau], Seefahrt ist not!, page 212:
      Metta Greuns, die Stutenfrau, die von dem schriftgelehrten Jan Stihr, der ein bißchen heilig ist, nicht mit Unrecht die Finkenwärder Morgenpost genannt wird, kommt mit ihren mächtigen Kiepen den Deich entlang, die fast größer sind als sie, und singt vor allen Türen.
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Declension
Declension of Kiepe [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kiepe die Kiepen
genitive einer der Kiepe der Kiepen
dative einer der Kiepe den Kiepen
accusative eine die Kiepe die Kiepen

Hypernyms

Descendants
  • → Kashubian: czipa

See also

Further reading

German Low German

Alternative forms
  • Kiep

Etymology

From Middle Low German kîpe, from Old Saxon *kīpa, from Proto-Germanic *kipǭ, *kippǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gey- (“to bend, twist”).

Noun

Kiepe f (plural Kiepen)

  1. carrying basket

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

Probably Middle Low German kîpe, from Old Saxon *kīpa, from Proto-Germanic *kipǭ, *kippǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gey- (“to bend, twist”).

Noun

Kiepe f

  1. basket
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