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pippi

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Italian

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Verb

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pippi

  1. inflection of pippare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic, from the tweets made by singing birds. Related to pip, which is also onomatopoeic.

Noun

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pippi c

  1. (childish) a birdie, a bird
    Synonyms: pippifågel, (the regular word for bird) fågel
    Mamma, kolla! Det är en pippi där!
    Mom, look! There's a bird there!
  2. (colloquial, in some expressions) craziness (strong interest, an outburst, something stupid, or the like)
    ha pippi på något
    be crazy about something
    pippi
    go crazy
    vara rena pippin
    be crazy

Declension

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Declension of pippi
nominative genitive
singular indefinite pippi pippis
definite pippin pippins
plural indefinite pippiar pippiars
definite pippiarna pippiarnas

References

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