nippertje

Dutch

Etymology

Diminutive of obsolete nipper (“a sip; something small”), from nippen (“to sip”), by-form of nijpen (“to pinch, squeeze”).

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Noun

nippertje n (plural nippertjes)

  1. (obsolete) Diminutive of nipper
  2. (rare outside fixed expressions) instant, brief moment

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