Noun: kip
Gender: Feminine, Masculine
Hyphenation:
uncountable
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like kip
admiraalschap,
gereedschap,
slokop,
sokpop,
kandidaatschap,
aalbessensap,
maanlandschap,
bergtop,
gezelschap,
batterijkip,
koffiekop,
vervolgstap,
boorkop,
kleine boodschap,
lensklep,
partnerschap,
spinnekop,
buikspreekpop,
babypop,
cabaretgezelschap, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Possibly from an imitative birdcall. Not found in Middle Dutch or other Germanic languages. Displaced the older term hen in northern Dutch around the 18th century.
2. The policeman sense might be a semantic loan from French poulet, referring to a police station in Paris that was built over a former farm.
Verbs referencing "kip"
English Nouns
chip, Italian Nouns
zeppa.
Translations