Lippe

Meaning

Noun

lip

Name

Lippe (a river in northwestern Germany)

Concepts

lip

lips

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labium

Lippe River

Lippe

lip

lip

lower lip

rip

Synonyms

Lippen

Lefze

Schnute

Mundwerk

Klappe

Schnauze

Randabschluss

Mund

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Unterlippe

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

läffzge

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɪpə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: lippe

Inherited from Old High German: *lippa

In summary

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).

Sentences

Er bezieht sich auf die Form der kleinen Anhängsel auf der Lippe .

It refers to the shape of the small appendages on the lip.