schnapps

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Schnaps.

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Noun

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schnapps (usually uncountable, plural schnappses or schnapps)

  1. (uncountable) A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.
    apple schnapps; peach schnapps
  2. (countable) A serving of this beverage.
    • 2009, Colin Broderick, Orangutan: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 3:
      “What happened?” “You drank about a bottle of vodka and ten peppermint schnapps is what happened. Come on, up.”

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from German Schnaps, with spelling influenced by English schnapps.

Noun

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schnapps m (invariable)

  1. Alternative spelling of schnaps