schnappen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German snaben (“to snap, snort”). Cognate with Dutch snappen, English snap.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃnapən/, [ˈʃnapən], [ˈʃnapm̩]
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Verb

schnappen (weak, third-person singular present schnappt, past tense schnappte, past participle geschnappt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to snap (with one’s mouth)
    Synonyms: fassen, beißen
  2. to breath, gasp
    frische Luft schnappen ― to get a take of fresh air
    er schnappte nach Luft ― He was gasping (for air).
  3. to catch; to seize
    Synonyms: fangen, greifen
  4. (colloquial) to nab (a criminal)
    Synonyms: festnehmen, kriegen, verhaften

Conjugation

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

Further reading
  • “schnappen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “schnappen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “schnappen” in Duden online
  • “schnappen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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