oelewapper
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From oele (“owl”, a dialectal form of uil) + wapper. Compare West Frisian oelewapper (“a large moth; a simpleton; fool”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oelewapper m (plural oelewappers, diminutive oelewappertje n)
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West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oelewapper c (plural oelewappers)
- nincompoop, simpleton
- Ik sis noch sa tsjin dy oelewappers, it ken net!
- I told those simpletons so much, it's not possible!
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “ûlewapper”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011