snoepen

Dutch

Etymology

Attested from the 16th century. Etymology unclear, but Philippa et al. posit a derivation from Dutch snappen. Compare German Low German snopen (“to nibble, snack, lick”), West Frisian snobje (“buy candy, snack, have an affair”), Norwegian snopa, perhaps all ultimately from Old Norse snópa (“to idle around”), from Proto-Germanic *snōpāną, related to Proto-Germanic *snapāną, *snappōną (“to snap, chatter”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsnu.pə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: snoe‧pen
  • Rhymes: -upən

Verb

snoepen

  1. To eat sweets or other tasty foods.
  2. (intransitive) To snack, to eat between meals.
  3. To savor, enjoy (used with 'van' and an object).

Inflection
Inflection of snoepen (weak)
infinitive snoepen
past singular snoepte
past participle gesnoept
infinitive snoepen
gerund snoepen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular snoepsnoepte
2nd person sing. (jij) snoeptsnoepte
2nd person sing. (u) snoeptsnoepte
2nd person sing. (gij) snoeptsnoepte
3rd person singular snoeptsnoepte
plural snoepensnoepten
subjunctive sing.1 snoepesnoepte
subjunctive plur.1 snoepensnoepten
imperative sing. snoep
imperative plur.1 snoept
participles snoependgesnoept
1) Archaic.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: snup, snoep
  • English snoop
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