Lippe

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Lippe. === Proper noun === Lippe A river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. A district (Kreis) in North Rhine-Westphalia. An unincorporated community in Robinson Township, Posey County, Indiana, United States, named after Lippe, Germany. A surname. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Lippe (river) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɪpə/ === Etymology 1 === 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) (anatomy) lip ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === 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) Lippe (a river in northwestern Germany) ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Proper noun ==== Lippe n (proper noun, genitive Lippes or (optionally with an article) Lippe) a rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia; seat: Detmold ==== Proper noun ==== Lippe m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Lippes or (with an article) Lippe, feminine genitive Lippe, plural Lippes or Lippe) a surname transferred from the place name === Further reading === “Lippe”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “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 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) (anatomy) lip == Saterland Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian *lippe, lippa, from Proto-West Germanic *lippjō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lɪppə/ === Noun === Lippe f (anatomy) lip