Schnauze

See also: schnäuze

German

Alternative forms

• Schnauße (obsolete)

Etymology

16th century, from Middle Low German snûte, whence also the later doublet Schnute (“pouting mouth”). Further from Old Saxon *snūt, from Proto-West Germanic *snūt (“snout”). Cognate with Dutch snuit, English snout.

The forms Schnauße and somewhat later Schnauze are artificial adaptations to High German consonantism, probably under the influence of schnäuzen (“to blow one’s nose”), from Proto-West Germanic *snūtijan. An original High German cognate, albeit with a different stem formation, is at hand in Central Franconian Schnüss, Hunsrik Schniss, Luxembourgish Schnëss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃnaʊ̯tsə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Schnauze f (genitive Schnauze, plural Schnauzen, diminutive Schnäuzchen n)

1. snout; muzzle
2. (derogatory) mouth

Declension

Declension of Schnauze [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schnauze	die	Schnauzen
genitive	einer	der	Schnauze	der	Schnauzen
dative	einer	der	Schnauze	den	Schnauzen
accusative	eine	die	Schnauze	die	Schnauzen

Derived terms

• Berliner Schnauze f
• die Schnauze halten
• die Schnauze voll haben
• Kalte Schnauze f
• Revolverschnauze
• schnauzen
• Schnauzer, Schnäuzer

Interjection

Schnauze!

1. shut up!

Further reading

• “Schnauze” in Duden online
• “Schnauze”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)