snakken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch snacken, from Old Dutch *snakkon. Related to Swedish snacka (to talk) and Low German snacken (to talk), from the sense of "to open the mouth". Compare English snack.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɑkən

Verb

snakken

  1. to open the mouth greedily
  2. to strongly desire, to crave [+ naar (object) = for]

Inflection

Inflection of snakken (weak)
infinitive snakken
past singular snakte
past participle gesnakt
infinitive snakken
gerund snakken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular snaksnakte
2nd person sing. (jij) snaktsnakte
2nd person sing. (u) snaktsnakte
2nd person sing. (gij) snaktsnakte
3rd person singular snaktsnakte
plural snakkensnakten
subjunctive sing.1 snakkesnakte
subjunctive plur.1 snakkensnakten
imperative sing. snak
imperative plur.1 snakt
participles snakkendgesnakt
1) Archaic.
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