öppe
See also: oppe
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- öpe
- eppe
- äppe
- appe
- oppe
- etscha
- ötschä (Werdenberg)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈøpːə/
Adverb
öppe
- about, approximately
- Synonym: ungefäär
- Es sin öppe hundert Lüt gsii. ― It's been about one hundred people.
- finally
- Synonym: endlich
- Chusch jetz öppe? ― Are you finally coming now?
- at times, occasionally, on occasion
- Synonym: ab un zue
- Si chömen öppe mool verbi. ― They do occasionally visit (me/us).
Usage notes
(at times): Sometimes followed by mool.
See also
- öppis
- öpper
Further reading
- “etwa”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache (in German), volume 1, 1885, column 590
- “öppe”, in Wörterbuch Berndeutsch-Deutsch (in German), berndeutsch.ch, 1999–2023