lijp

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from the Yiddish surnames לייפּ (leyp), לייב (leyb), if originally used as a slur against Jews.[1] Related to the surnames Leib, Leip, and Löwe, all with the meaning "lion".

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯p

Adjective

lijp (comparative lijper, superlative lijpst)

  1. (Netherlands, Antwerp slang) foolish, crazy
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gek
  2. (Netherlands) dangerous, risky
  3. (Netherlands) cool

Declension

Declension of lijp
uninflected lijp
inflected lijpe
comparative lijper
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial lijp lijper het lijpst
het lijpste
indefinite m./f. sing. lijpe lijpere lijpste
n. sing. lijp lijper lijpste
plural lijpe lijpere lijpste
definite lijpe lijpere lijpste
partitive lijps lijpers —

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “lijp”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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