schnapps

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schnaps.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ʃnɑps/, /ʃnæps/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
    Rhymes: -æps

Noun

schnapps (usually uncountable, plural schnappses or schnapps)

  1. (uncountable) A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.
    apple schnapps ― peach schnapps
  2. (countable) A serving of this beverage.
    • 2009, Colin Broderick, Orangutan: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 3:
      “What happened?” “You drank about a bottle of vodka and ten peppermint schnapps is what happened. Come on, up.”

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See also

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Schnaps, with spelling influenced by English schnapps.

Noun

schnapps m (invariable)

  1. Alternative spelling of schnaps
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