{"id":20498,"date":"2021-01-28T17:15:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T17:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=20498"},"modified":"2021-02-06T16:34:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T16:34:30","slug":"dapper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=20498","title":{"rendered":"Dapper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The word <strong>dapper<\/strong> means \u201cneat and trim in appearance\u201d or \u201cvery spruce and stylish\u201d, or \u201calert and lively in movement and manners\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/dapper\">Merriam-Webster dictionary<\/a>. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/dapper\">Wiktionary<\/a> it means \u201cneat, trim, stylisly or neatly dressed, quick, or little and active\u201d, and according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=Dapper\">Urban Dictionary<\/a> it means \u201cincredibly smart, sexy and stylish\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kerrinikolephotography\/6817764813\/in\/photolist-bosPXc-2WxdMM-urnhU-s3cy9E-6BZacx-exA4SV-QrPMvj-Yhhsfk-2iQBWqi-e3bAKK-2jqC1yd-7EQ8HD-F9bHj7-eKiGCJ-MxGCmu-danga5-LoahHs-6u8twP-8zQ4ke-gsgMfM-CgKi2b-GZdKs-yNmC1r-Kf2vtp-Dx3V6g-eX1Et-a6ZdU-dzFSo6-j63Cz-ehfDe-w7vfSc-x9c5v-Kf2uea-Kf2t56-43mJrE-vL6Gyz-hxMSr-7m4dv6-d4xNpW-fuzTnj-fuzU9U-vRT87G-yHR3q9-BPVzJS-8r7QnH-Kc5chs-Kf2apM-JiBc2K-Kf2wjT-dYA6T3\" title=\"Dapper Feet\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7156\/6817764813_63988bac54_z.jpg\" alt=\"Dapper Feet\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Synonyms include: dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy and spruce. Do you have any others?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dapper<\/strong> comes from the Middle English <em>daper<\/em> (pretty, neat), from the Middle Dutch <em>dapper<\/em> (stalwart, nimble), from the Old Dutch <em>*dapar<\/em>, from the Proto-Germanic <em>*dapraz<\/em> (stout; solid; heavy; bold), from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*d\u02b0ob-\/*d\u02b0eb-<\/em> (thick, heavy) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/dapper\">source<\/a>] &#8211; so it\u2019s meaning has changed a bit over time.<\/p>\n<p>In Dutch <strong>dapper<\/strong> [\u02c8d\u0251p\u0259r] means brave, bold, bravely, daring, fearless, gallant, valiant or courageous, and it\u2019s also used in the same sense as the English word. The word <strong>goedgekleed<\/strong> is also used to mean dapper, well-dressed or sharp.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples of how it\u2019s used (from <a href=\"https:\/\/context.reverso.net\/translation\/dutch-english\/dapper\">Reverso<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.bab.la\/dictionary\/dutch-english\/dapper\">bab.la<\/a>):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Je bent zo&#8217;n dapper kleine jongen = You\u2019re such a brave young man<\/li>\n<li>Ze zijn net zo slim en dapper als u  = They&#8217;re smart and courageous, just like you<\/li>\n<li>We moeten dapper zijn en sterk = We need to be brave and strong<\/li>\n<li>Maar ik weet ook dat ze dapper hebben gevochten = But I know that they fought courageously<\/li>\n<li>Laten we dapper zijn! = Let\u2019s be brave!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Related words include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>dapperheid = bravery, prowess, courage<\/li>\n<li>verdapperen = to regain one\u2019s strength, strengthen, become fiercer (<em>used in Belgium<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cognate words in other languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bulgarian: <strong>\u0434\u0435\u0431\u0435\u043b<\/strong> [d\u025b\u02c8b\u025bl] = thick, close-woven, heavy (<em>material<\/em>), fat, stout, podgy, deep (<em>voice<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Danish: <strong>tapper<\/strong> = brave, valiant, courageous<\/li>\n<li>Faroese: <strong>dapur<\/strong> = sad<\/li>\n<li>German: <strong>tapfer<\/strong> = brave, dauntless, hardy, tough<\/li>\n<li>Icelandic: <strong>dapur<\/strong> = sad, dejected<\/li>\n<li>Norwegian: <strong>daper<\/strong> = brave, courageous<\/li>\n<li>Russian: <strong>\u0434\u0435\u0431\u0435\u043b\u044b\u0439<\/strong> [d\u02b2\u026a\u02c8b\u02b2e\u026b\u0268j] = plump<\/li>\n<li>Swedish: <strong>tapper<\/strong> = courageous, doughty, fearless, gallant, hardy, valiant, brave<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/videos\/dapper.mp3\">audio version of this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><audio controls=\"\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/videos\/dapper.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/videos\/dapper.mp3\" width=\"100\" height=\"50\"><\/audio><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word dapper means \u201cneat and trim in appearance\u201d or \u201cvery spruce and stylish\u201d, or \u201calert and lively in movement and manners\u201d according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. According to Wiktionary it means \u201cneat, trim, stylisly or neatly dressed, quick, or little and active\u201d, and according to the Urban Dictionary it means \u201cincredibly smart, sexy and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,100,102,104,107,108,116,124,10,182,26,31,44,45,52,67,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bulgarian","category-danish","category-dutch","category-english","category-etymology","category-faroese","category-german","category-icelandic","category-language","category-middle-dutch-dietsc-duutsch","category-middle-english","category-norwegian","category-proto-germanic","category-proto-indo-european","category-russian","category-swedish","category-words-and-phrases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20498"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20542,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20498\/revisions\/20542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}