schnappen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German snaben (“to snap, snort”). Cognate with Dutch snappen, English snap.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃnapən/, [ˈʃnapən], [ˈʃnapm̩]
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Verb

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  1. to snap (with one’s mouth)
  2. to catch; to seize
  3. (colloquial) to nab (a criminal)

Conjugation

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Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “schnappen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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