snäppa

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Middle Low German sneppe, after the long, thin beak of the bird. Cognate of German Schnepfe, Dutch snip, Faroese mýrisnípa. First attested in 1664.

Noun

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snäppa c

  1. a bird in the Scolopacidae family
Declension
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Declension of snäppa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative snäppa snäppan snäppor snäpporna
Genitive snäppas snäppans snäppors snäppornas
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Etymology 2

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Onomatopoeic. First attested in 1934.

Verb

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snäppa (present snäpper, preterite snäppte, supine snäppt, imperative snäpp)

  1. snap
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