Polyglot Dictionary

umkippen

/ˈʊmˌkɪpn̩/

verb B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
kippt um
past
kippte um
perfect
ist umgekippt

Meaning

  1. to tip over, to faint

    Built from um (over) + kippen (to tip).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Involuntary Duration Durative Transitivity Intransitive

Made of

  • um over
  • kippen to tip

Similar words

auskippen

umkippen means to tip over, to fall over, or figuratively "to faint"; auskippen means to tip something out, emptying contents, like a bucket — a different direction of "tip."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

debruçar

Close — to tip over relates to leaning over.

Practice

1 What does umkippen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das Glas ist ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches umkippen?

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