öpper
See also: opper and opper-
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- öper
Etymology
Originally from Old High German eddes-hwër.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈøpːər/
Pronoun
öpper (dative öpperem)
- someone, somebody
- Öpper isch a dr Türe. ― Somebody is at the door.
Declension
- Nom./Acc.: öpper
- Dat.: öpperem
Synonyms
- öppert
- ötschwär (Werdenberg)
- epper (Uri)
- etter (Glarus)
- eswär (Wallis)
- näber (Appenzell, some northern St. Gallen)
- nämer (some southern St. Gallen)
- naamer (eastern Thurgau)
- näiwer (Uri, Nidwalden, Obwalden, some Bernese Oberland)
See also
- öppis
- öppe
Further reading
- "Säit öpper öppis? ötschwär ötschis? etter ettis? näber näbis? eswär eswas? einwär einwas?" on idiotikon.ch
- “etwas”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache (in German), volume 1, 1885, column 595
- “öpper”, in Wörterbuch Berndeutsch-Deutsch (in German), berndeutsch.ch, 1999–2023