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Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Related to German täppisch (“clumsy”).
Adjective
dappich
- clumsy
- Synonym: doppich
1929, Pennsylvania-German Society, Proceedings and Addresses:'R is zu dumm rei zu ge' wanns regert. Too stupid to get in out of the wet.
Net so dumm wi dappich. Not as stupid as clumsy.
Net so dumm wi dappich, un net so dappich wi schappich. Not as stupid as clumsy and not as clumsy as slovenly.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
- from the variant doppich: