Kippa
German, noun/ˈkɪpa/
Kippa is spelled K-I-P-P-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 72,255th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kippa is a German feminine noun meaning “kippah, yarmulke, skullcap (Jewish head covering)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine den Hinterkopf bedeckende, mit einer Klammer an den Haaren fixierte, flache Kopfbedeckung, die vor allem…”.
What does Kippa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekippah, yarmulke, skullcap (Jewish head covering)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine den Hinterkopf bedeckende, mit einer Klammer an den Haaren fixierte, flache Kopfbedeckung, die vor allem während religiöser Rituale (aus Ehrfurcht vor Gott) zumeist von männlichen, zuweilen aber auch von weiblichen Juden getragen wird
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kippa
- Kippas plural
- Kippot Jewish literary plural
- Kippah alternative
- Kipa alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kippa?
- /ˈkɪpa/
- [ˈkɪpa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kippa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kippa in German?
Kippa appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).