German

Noun

Hippie m ‎(genitive Hippies, plural Hippies)

1. hippie, hippy

Declension

English

Hippies (nonconformists) in Tallinn, 1989

Alternative forms

• hippy

Noun

hippie ‎(plural hippies)

1. (1950s slang) A teenager who imitated the beatniks.
2. (1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who ascribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc.
3. (modern slang) A person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and wearing unusually long hair (for males), and because of it, often stereotyped as a deadbeat.
4. Someone who dresses in a hippie style.
5. One who is hip.

Synonyms

• (teenager who imitated the beatniks): beatnik
• (non-conformist in the 1960s): treehugger

Derived terms

• hippiedom
• hippieism

Related terms

• hip
• hipster

Translations

See also

• feral

Adjective

hippie ‎(comparative hippier, superlative hippiest)

1. Of or pertaining to hippies: e.g., “the hippie era”.
2. (colloquial) Not conforming to generally accepted standards.

   They used a bunch of hippie compression formats instead of the usual RAR and ZIP.

Synonyms

• beatnik

Related terms

• hep
• hip

Czech

Noun

hippie m

1. hippie

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hip‧pie

Etymology

Borrowing from English hippie

Noun

hippie m, f ‎(plural hippies)

1. hippie

French

Noun

hippie m, f ‎(plural hippies)

1. hippie

Adjective

hippie m, f ‎(plural hippies)

1. hippie

Portuguese

Noun

hippie m f (plural hippies)

1. hippie (member of a nonconformist subculture of the 1960s)

Spanish

Noun

hippie m, f ‎(plural hippies)

1. hippie