snakken

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch snacken, from Old Dutch *snakkon. Related to Swedish snacka (to talk) and Low German snacken (to talk), from the sense of "to open the mouth". Compare English snack.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɑkən

Verb

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snakken

  1. to open the mouth greedily
  2. to strongly desire, to crave [with naar ‘for’]

Conjugation

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Conjugation of snakken (weak)
infinitive snakken
past singular snakte
past participle gesnakt
infinitive snakken
gerund snakken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular snak snakte
2nd person sing. (jij) snakt, snak2 snakte
2nd person sing. (u) snakt snakte
2nd person sing. (gij) snakt snakte
3rd person singular snakt snakte
plural snakken snakten
subjunctive sing.1 snakke snakte
subjunctive plur.1 snakken snakten
imperative sing. snak
imperative plur.1 snakt
participles snakkend gesnakt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: snak