Nippflut

German

Alternative forms
  • Nipflut (obsolete)

Etymology

By surface analysis, nippen +‎ Flut.

Noun

Nippflut f (genitive Nippflut, plural Nippfluten)

  1. neap tide
    Synonym: Nipptide
    Antonym: Springflut

Declension
Declension of Nippflut [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Nippflut die Nippfluten
genitive einer der Nippflut der Nippfluten
dative einer der Nippflut den Nippfluten
accusative eine die Nippflut die Nippfluten

Further reading
  • “Nippflut” in Duden online
  • “Nippflut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Gustav Goedel (1902), “Nipflut”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Seemannssprache (in German), Kiel und Leipzig: Lipsius & Tischer, page 342
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