Masculine
Slip
Meaning
a piece of underwear covering just the genitalia and buttocks: panties, knickers (for women); briefs (for men)
Concepts
panty
women’s trousers
Synonyms
kurze Unterhose
kurze Unterhosen
Pumphose
Schubkästen
Schlübber
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/slɪp/
Etymology
In summary
Formally from English slip (“kind of underskirt”), but with the sense of etymologically related German Schlüpfer, also Schlüpper (“briefs, panties”).
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