amper

(Engels)

Adv

scarcely, barely

Adj

sour

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɑmpər/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Duits: sehr

Verwante met Switserse Duits: rüüdig

Verwante met Sweeds: amper

Verwante met Duits: Ampfer

In summary

Inconclusive. Whilst its current definition was long thought to have come from Indonesian hampir due to its exclusive presence in Dutch (and no other Germanic language), this would not explain its high and almost universal usage in Flemish. More likely would be if it originated on Dutch soil. In that case, the meaning would have changed somewhat from the earlier Middle Dutch amper (“sour”) – compare the semantic development of German sehr (“very”), Alemannic German rüüdig (“very”). This word, in turn, is Germanic, and a cognate to the Swedish amper, German Ampfer.

Sinonieme

nauwelijks

ternauwernood

kwalijk

👎

bijna

krap

spoedig

karig

maar net

Vertalings

apenas

scarcely

hardly

kaum

à peine

barely

escasamente

difícilmente

apenas

dūrē

a malapena

ne … guère

vix

trudno

μόλις

Sinne

Hij kon amper iets bijdragen aan de bouw van zijn nieuwe woning .

He could hardly contribute anything to the construction of his new home.

Blijkbaar betaal je amper belasting in Monaco .

Apparently, you barely pay taxes in Monaco.