dapper
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English daper (“pretty, neat”), from Middle Dutch dapper (“stalwart, nimble”), Old Dutch *dapar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz (“stout; solid; heavy; bold”) (compare German tapfer "bold", Norwegian daper "saddened, dreary"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeb- ‘thick, heavy’ (compare Tocharian A tpär ‘high’, Latvian dàbls ‘strong’, Serbo-Croatian дебео (dèbeo) ‘fat’).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dapper (comparative dapperer, superlative dapperest)
- Neat, trim.
- 1892, Henry Seton Merriman, The Slave Of The Lamp:
- This entrance is through a little courtyard, in which is the stable and coach-house combined, where Madame Perinere, a lady who paints the magic word "Modes" beneath her name on the door-post of number seventeen, keeps the dapper little cart and pony which carry her bonnets to the farthest corner of Paris.
- Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
- 1917, P. G. Wodehouse, The Man With Two Left Feet:
- Going down the street, you would meet a typical commercial traveller, dapper and alert.
- Quick; little and active.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
neat, trim
stylishly or neatly dressed
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Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch dapper, from Middle Dutch dapper, from Old Dutch *dappar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz.
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Adjective edit
dapper (attributive dapper, comparative dapperder, superlative dapperste)
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch dapper, from Old Dutch *dappar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dapper (comparative dapperder, superlative dapperst)
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Inflection of dapper | ||||
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uninflected | dapper | |||
inflected | dappere | |||
comparative | dapperder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | dapper | dapperder | het dapperst het dapperste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | dappere | dapperdere | dapperste |
n. sing. | dapper | dapperder | dapperste | |
plural | dappere | dapperdere | dapperste | |
definite | dappere | dapperdere | dapperste | |
partitive | dappers | dapperders | — |