Kippe

Meaning

  1. (feminine) stub, butt (remnant of a smoked cigarette)
  2. (colloquial,feminine) cigarette

Concepts

cigarette end

dumping site

uncontrolled dump

mounting a bar with a kick

cigarette-end

Synonyms

Glimmstängel

Zigarettenkippe

Müllkippe

Zippe

Lulle

ungeordnete Deponie

Schuttabladeplatz

wilde Deponie

Schuttplatz

Zichte

wilde Müllkippe

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gepfi

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kippi

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɪpə/
Etymology

Probably via unattested Middle Low German and Old Saxon forms from Latin cippus (“pole”). The word is attested in early modern German in an Upper German form kipfe and originally meant “top, point”.

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