dappich
Pennsylvania German
editEtymology
editRelated to German täppisch (“clumsy”).
Adjective
editdappich
- clumsy
- Synonym: doppich
- 1929, Pennsylvania-German Society, Proceedings and Addresses:
- 'R is zu dumm rei zu ge' wanns regert. Too stupid to get in out of the wet.
Net so dumm wi dappich. Not as stupid as clumsy.
Net so dumm wi dappich, un net so dappich wi schappich. Not as stupid as clumsy and not as clumsy as slovenly.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
edit- from the variant doppich: