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snäppa

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Middle Low German sneppe, after the long, thin beak of the bird, from or related to Old Saxon *snabul, from Proto-Germanic *snabulaz (“snout, beak, mouth”). Cognate of German Schnepfe, Dutch snip, Faroese mýrisnípa. First attested in 1664.

Noun

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snäppa c

  1. a bird in the Scolopacidae family
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Onomatopoeic. First attested in 1934.

Verb

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snäppa (present snäpper, preterite snäppte, supine snäppt, imperative snäpp)

  1. snap
Conjugation
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Conjugation of snäppa (weak)
active passive
infinitive snäppa snäppas
supine snäppt snäppts
imperative snäpp —
imper. plural1 snäppen —
present past present past
indicative snäpper snäppte snäpps, snäppes snäpptes
ind. plural1 snäppa snäppte snäppas snäpptes
subjunctive2 snäppe snäppte snäppes snäpptes
present participle snäppande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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