næppe
Danish
[ˈnɛb̥ə]
adv
Definitions
- probably not (referring to likelihood)
- hardly (referring to quantity)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse hneppr (button) derived from Proto-Germanic *knappô (knob, youth, boy, lump, button).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*knappô
Gloss
knob, youth, boy, lump, button
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nappi Finnish
- knapp German
- knop Dutch, Flemish
- *gnebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *knappô Proto-Germanic
- knapp Swedish
- knappologi Swedish
- knappsats Swedish
- knapptelefon Swedish
- knäppa Swedish
- kommandoknapp Swedish
- musknapp Swedish
- ordknapp Swedish
- cnapa Old English
- hnappr Old Norse
- hneppr Old Norse
- knappr Old Norse
- kneppa Old Norse
- knobbe Middle Dutch
- knappo Old High German
- *knabō gmw-pro
- knap Middle Low German
- knobbe Middle Low German
- knōp Middle Low German
- knapp Hunsrik