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What does grapje mean?
Meaning
- grapje
- (just) kiddingLiterally 'a little joke'. 'Nee, grapje' = no, just kidding.
Grap is a joke, and grapje is the little version. After a joke that might have landed wrong, Dutch people quickly add grapje! or nee, grapje = no, just kidding.
The -je ending makes words small and casual, which is why it shows up everywhere in spoken Dutch. More on that in -je: wijntje, appje, terrasje.
Examples
Ik heb je fiets verkocht. Grapje!
I sold your bike. Just kidding!
Was dat een grapje?
Was that a joke?
Daar maak je geen grapjes over.
You don't joke about that.