Schnauze

See also: schnäuze

German

Alternative forms

• Schnauße (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Low German snûte, whence also later German Schnute (“pouting mouth”), from Old Saxon *snūt, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *snūt (“snout”), also the source of the verb *snūtijan (“to blow one's nose”).

Cognate with Dutch snuit, whence probably English snout. The forms Schnauße and somewhat later Schnauze are artificial adaptions to High German consonantism, probably under the influence of schnäuzen (“to blow one´s nose”), cognate of Middle Low German snüten, which is only remotely related to the noun, however. An original High German cognate may be at hand in Central Franconian Schnüss, Hunsrik Schniss, Luxembourgish Schnëss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃnaʊ̯tsə/

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Noun

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

1. snout; muzzle

Declension

Declension of Schnauze

	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
• schnauzen
• Schnauzer, Schnäuzer

 

Interjection

Schnauze!

1. shut up!

Further reading

• “Schnauze” in Duden online
• “Schnauze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache