英和和英

形容詞

doppich (comparative more doppich, superlative most doppich)

1. (US, especially Pennsylvania, slang) Clumsy; lacking dexterity; not skilled.
   • 2011, Henry A. Fischer, Emigrants and Exiles, book three, volume one (Author House, →ISBN), page 44:

     “I'm so sorry, I'm just so doppich,” she commiserated unable to look him in the eye. He chuckled in response. “Now my boots match the rest of me,” he replied with laughter in his voice. He pointed to his tight trousers that were smudged ...

   • 2011, Lorilee Craker, Money Secrets of the Amish (Thomas Nelson, →ISBN), page 17:

     We bought it new a few years ago, and since then it's been dropped a few times by overzealous kids and doppich (clumsy) Mom.

   • 2015, Beverly Lewis, The Love Letters (Baker Books, →ISBN)

     Don't be so doppich, he'd told himself. Now, struggling with the painful ache in his throat, he looked over at Sassy. She was taking dainty steps as she stalked over to the dresser and rubbed against first its wooden legs, then the chair's.

   Synonyms: doplicc, doplich

Further reading

• 2012, H.L. Mencken, American Language Supplement 2 (Knopf, →ISBN): Doppich. Awkward (Ger. täppisch).