Schlips

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Meaning

necktie

Frequency

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃlɪps/

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German Slips, derived from Middle Low German slip, slippe (“flap, lappet, tail”), probably ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *slīban (“to split”). Cognate with Dutch slip, whence possibly also English slip (“twig, strip”).