nippen
German, verb/ˈnɪpən/
nippen is spelled N-I-P-P-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nippen is a German verb meaning “to sip; to take a nip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “langsam, mit kleinen Schlucken trinken”.
What does nippen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sip; to take a nip
Er nippte gelangweilt an seinem Longdrink.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. langsam, mit kleinen Schlucken trinken 2. dürstend nach oder auch etwas leicht berühren 3. ein kleines Schläfchen halten
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 nippen
- nippt present singular third-person
- nippte past
- genippt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- nippend participle present
- nippe first-person indicative present
- nippst indicative present second-person
- nippest second-person singular subjunctive
- nippet plural second-person subjunctive
- nippten first-person indicative plural
- nipptest indicative preterite second-person
- nipptet indicative plural preterite
- nipp imperative second-person singular
- habe genippt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben genippt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- nibbeln variant
- nippeln variant
- nipp! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nippen?
- /ˈnɪpən/
- [ˈnɪ.pm̩]
- [ˈnɪ.p(ə)n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nippen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nippen in German?
nippen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).