schnacken

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German snacken, from Middle Low German snacken, from Proto-Germanic *snakkōną (to open the mouth). Cognate with Dutch snakken, whence English snack, whence the German doublet Snack. Also related with English snatch and probably (with a different geminate) German schnappen, Dutch snappen, both originally “to snatch”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃnakən/, [ˈʃnakən], [ˈʃnakŋ̩]
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Verb

schnacken (weak, third-person singular present schnackt, past tense schnackte, past participle geschnackt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, regional, Northern Germany) to talk, to speak
    • 2000, “Imbissmief 040”, in Bitte Ziehen Sie Durch, performed by Deichkind:
      Ich würde nicht so schnacken, wären meine Ärmel nicht hochgekrempelt
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    Nich' lang schnacken: Kopp in Nacken! (northern German toast for drinking shots)
    Don't talk so long, [but get the back of] your head to your nape!

Conjugation

Further reading

  • schnacken” in Duden online
  • schnacken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache