schnattern

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German snateren (to cackle, croak (of frogs), clatter (of storks), chatter). Cognate with Dutch snater (beak), snateren (to quack).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃnatɐn/
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Verb[edit]

schnattern (weak, third-person singular present schnattert, past tense schnatterte, past participle geschnattert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (goose) to cackle
  2. (duck) to quack

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References[edit]

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

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