dapper

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English

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Etymology

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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

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Adjective

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dapper (comparative dapperer, superlative dapperest)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Quick; little and active.

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch dapper, from Middle Dutch dapper, from Old Dutch *dappar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz.

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dapper (attributive dapper, comparative dapperder, superlative dapperste)

  1. brave, courageous

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch dapper, from Old Dutch *dappar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz.

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dapper (comparative dapperder, superlative dapperst)

  1. brave, courageous

Declension

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Declension of dapper
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

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: dapper
  • Negerhollands: tapper

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