snikken

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnɪ.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: snik‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɪkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch snicken (“to sob; gasp for breath”). Probably related to snuiven (“to sniff”) under the influence of snakken (“to open the mouth”) and hik (“hiccup”).

Compare Middle Low German snucken, West Frisian snokke (“to sob”), Norwegian dialectal snukka (“to sniff”), German dialectal schnuckeln, schnauken, schnäuken (“to sniff”), English dialectal snock (“to sniff; sob forcefully”).

Verb

snikken

1. (intransitive) to sob

Inflection

Inflection of snikken (weak)
infinitive	snikken
past singular	snikte
past participle	gesnikt
infinitive	snikken
gerund	snikken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	snik	snikte
2nd person sing. (jij)	snikt	snikte
2nd person sing. (u)	snikt	snikte
2nd person sing. (gij)	snikt	snikte
3rd person singular	snikt	snikte
plural	snikken	snikten
subjunctive sing.1	snikke	snikte
subjunctive plur.1	snikken	snikten
imperative sing.	snik
imperative plur.1	snikt
participles	snikkend	gesnikt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• snik

Descendants

• Afrikaans: snik
• → Papiamentu: snek, snik

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

snikken

1. plural of snik

Further reading

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “snikken”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute