pippi

pippi

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

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

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

   få pippi

   go crazy

   vara rena pippin

   be crazy

• pippi in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pippi in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pippi in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)