snäppa

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsnɛˈpa/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German sneppe, after the long, thin beak of the bird. Cognate of German Schnepfe, Dutch snip, Faroese mýrisnípa. First attested in 1664.

Noun

snäppa c

  1. a bird in the Scolopacidae family
Declension
Declension of snäppa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative snäppa snäppan snäppor snäpporna
Genitive snäppas snäppans snäppors snäppornas

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. First attested in 1934.

Verb

snäppa (present snäpper, preterite snäppte, supine snäppt, imperative snäpp)

  1. snap
Conjugation
Derived terms

References

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