schnacken
German
Etymology
Borrowed from German Low German snacken, from Middle Low German snacken, from Proto-Germanic *snakkōną (“to open the mouth”). Cognate with Dutch snakken, whence English snack, whence the German doublet Snack. Also related with English snatch and probably (with a different geminate) German schnappen, Dutch snappen, both originally “to snatch”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃnakən/, [ˈʃnakən], [ˈʃnakŋ̩]
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Verb
schnacken (weak, third-person singular present schnackt, past tense schnackte, past participle geschnackt, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial, regional, Northern Germany) to talk, to speak
- Nich' lang schnacken: Kopp in Nacken! (northern German toast for drinking shots)
- Don't talk so long, [but get the back of] your head to your nape!
- 2000, “Imbissmief 040”, in Bitte Ziehen Sie Durch, performed by Deichkind:
- Ich würde nicht so schnacken, wären meine Ärmel nicht hochgekrempelt
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
infinitive | schnacken | ||||
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present participle | schnackend | ||||
past participle | geschnackt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schnacke | wir schnacken | i | ich schnacke | wir schnacken |
du schnackst | ihr schnackt | du schnackest | ihr schnacket | ||
er schnackt | sie schnacken | er schnacke | sie schnacken | ||
preterite | ich schnackte | wir schnackten | ii | ich schnackte1 | wir schnackten1 |
du schnacktest | ihr schnacktet | du schnacktest1 | ihr schnacktet1 | ||
er schnackte | sie schnackten | er schnackte1 | sie schnackten1 | ||
imperative | schnack (du) schnacke (du) |
schnackt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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