öppis
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Alemannic German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German etewaz, through assimilation with the labial element in the sequence [tv], from Old High German eddes-hwaz. Compare Luxembourgish eppes and Pennsylvania German ebbes.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
öppis
- something; anything
- Öppis fäält mer. ― I lack/need something. (literally, “Something is missing to me.”)
Declension[edit]
- Nom./Acc.: öppis
- Dat.: öppisem
Synonyms[edit]
- ötschis (Werdenberg)
- eppis
- ettis (Glarus)
- eswas (Wallis)
- näbis (Appenzell, some northern St. Gallen)
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- "Säit öpper öppis? ötschwär ötschis? etter ettis? näber näbis? eswär eswas? einwär einwas?" on idiotikon.ch
- “etwas”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache[1] (in German), volume 1, 1885, column 595
- “öppis”, in Wörterbuch Berndeutsch-Deutsch (in German), berndeutsch.ch, 1999–2024
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