snoepen

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested from the 16th century. Etymology unclear, but Philippa et al. posit a derivation from Dutch snappen. Compare German Low German snopen (to nibble, snack, lick), West Frisian snobje (buy candy, snack, have an affair), Norwegian snopa, perhaps all ultimately from Old Norse snópa (to idle around), from Proto-Germanic *snōpāną, related to Proto-Germanic *snapāną, *snappōną (to snap, chatter).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsnu.pə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: snoe‧pen
  • Rhymes: -upən

Verb[edit]

snoepen

  1. To eat sweets or other tasty foods.
  2. (intransitive) To snack, to eat between meals.
  3. To savor, enjoy (used with 'van' and an object).

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of snoepen (weak)
infinitive snoepen
past singular snoepte
past participle gesnoept
infinitive snoepen
gerund snoepen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular snoep snoepte
2nd person sing. (jij) snoept snoepte
2nd person sing. (u) snoept snoepte
2nd person sing. (gij) snoept snoepte
3rd person singular snoept snoepte
plural snoepen snoepten
subjunctive sing.1 snoepe snoepte
subjunctive plur.1 snoepen snoepten
imperative sing. snoep
imperative plur.1 snoept
participles snoepend gesnoept
1) Archaic.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Papiamentu: snup, snoep
  • English snoop