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happer

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(Engels)

  1. (transitive) to snatch by the mouth, to snap up (typically of animals)
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to grab, to seize
  3. (colloquial, transitive) to strike forcefully
  4. (colloquial, transitive) to catch off guard; take by surprise

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/a.pe/
Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle French
happer
Geërf van Old French
happer
Verwante met Middle Dutch
happen
Verwante met Nederlands
Nederlands
happen
Verwante met Middle Dutch
haperen
Verwante met Nederlands
Nederlands
haperen
Verwante met Duits
Duits
Happen
In summary

Inherited from Middle French happer, haper, from Old French happer, haper (“to seize, snap up”), of obscure origin. Possibly onomatopoeic. Alternatively, of Germanic origin, either from Proto-West Germanic *happā (“hook, clasp”), or related to Middle Dutch happen (“to snap, bite”) (whence modern Dutch happen), Middle Dutch haperen (“to stammer, quarrel”) (whence modern Dutch haperen), German Low German happen (“to snatch something up, grab”), German Happen (“morsel, snack”).

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