snikksnakk
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From conflation of the German Low German or German term Schnickschnack (“bric-a-brac, ornament; empty talk”) with the Norwegian term snakk (“(loose) talk”).
Noun[edit]
snikksnakk n (definite singular snikksnakket, uncountable)
Interjection[edit]
snikksnakk
References[edit]
- “snikksnakk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “snikksnakk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “snikksnakk” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From conflation of the German Low German or German term Schnickschnack (“bric-a-brac, ornament; empty talk”) with the Norwegian term snakk (“(loose) talk”).
Noun[edit]
snikksnakk n (definite singular snikksnakket, uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
- snikksnakka, snikksnakke (verb)
References[edit]
- “snikksnakk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “snikksnakk” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- Confer with (Norwegian Bokmål) “snikksnakk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from German Low German
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from German
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål uncountable nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål interjections
- Norwegian Bokmål onomatopoeias
- Norwegian Bokmål reduplications
- nb:Talking
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from German Low German
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from German
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk uncountable nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk onomatopoeias
- Norwegian Nynorsk reduplications
- nn:Talking