kippen
German, verb
kippen is spelled K-I-P-P-E-N (6 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written German, the 10,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kippen is a German verb meaning “to tilt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Kippen is a different word: “plural of Kippe”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas schräg stellen, in Schräglage bringen”.
What does kippen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tilt
Wenn du die Kiste kippst, wird der ganze Sand herausrieseln.
- 2
to dump; to pour
Der Lieferant kippte den Sand einfach vom Laster vor das Garagentor.
- 3
to tip over
aus dem Anzug kippen
noun
- 1
plural of Kippe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas schräg stellen, in Schräglage bringen 2. etwas durch Schrägstellen aus einem Gefäß schütten 3. verhindern, scheitern lassen
verb: 1. aus dem Gleichgewicht geraten und stürzen; über eine Kante fallen 2. umschlagen; schlagartig von einem Zustand in einen negativen Zustand wechseln
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 kippen
- kippt present singular third-person
- kippte past
- gekippt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- kippend participle present
- kippe first-person indicative present
- kippst indicative present second-person
- kippest second-person singular subjunctive
- kippet plural second-person subjunctive
- kippten first-person indicative plural
- kipptest indicative preterite second-person
- kipptet indicative plural preterite
- kipp imperative second-person singular
- kippe! imperative singular
- kippt! imperative plural
- gekippt haben auxiliary active infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to kippen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kippen in German?
kippen appears 6.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).