schnabulieren

German

FWOTD – 11 March 2019

Etymology

16th c., at first schnabelieren, from Schnabel (beak) + -ieren. The -u- is mock Latin, by analogy with Latinate words where -ula corresponds to German -el, perhaps specifically after fabulieren versus Fabel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃnabuˈliːʁən/
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Verb

schnabulieren (weak, third-person singular present schnabuliert, past tense schnabulierte, past participle schnabuliert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, humorous) to eat heartily, to feast
    Synonyms: herzhaft essen, reinhauen, schlemmen, schmausen
    • 1897, Helene Böhlau, chapter 2, in Des Bäckerlehrlings Johannisnacht:
      Er mußte sich den kleinen, kauenden Mund vorstellen, den er Abend für Abend mit den besten Leckereien vollstopfte. Herrgott, wie niedlich schnabulierte sie, wie ein junges Reh, so zart.
      He had to imagine the small, chewing mouth, which he stuffed to the brim night after night with the best delicacies. Good Lord, how adorably she gorged herself on it, like a young deer, so delicate.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Schnabulation

Further reading

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