amper

Senso

Adv

scarcely, barely

Adj

sour

Con trattino come

am‧per

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɑmpər/

Etimologia

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.

Frasi

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

Poteva a malapena contribuire alla costruzione della sua nuova casa.

Blijkbaar betaal je amper belasting in Monaco .

Apparentemente paghi a malapena le tasse a Monaco.