schnattern

German

Etymology

From Middle High German snateren (to cackle, croak (of frogs), clatter (of storks), chatter). Cognate with Dutch snater (beak), snateren (to quack).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃnatɐn/
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Verb

schnattern (weak, third-person singular present schnattert, past tense schnatterte, past participle geschnattert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (goose) to cackle
  2. (duck) to quack

Conjugation

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “schnattern”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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