schnalzen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German snalzen (to move with a noise peculiar to the rapid movement of the fingers or the tongue).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃnalt͡sən/
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Verb

schnalzen (weak, third-person singular present schnalzt, past tense schnalzte, past participle geschnalzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to click (one's tongue)
  2. (regional) To snap one's fingers
    Synonyms: schnippen, schnipsen

Conjugation

References

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

Further reading

  • schnalzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schnalzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schnalzen” in Duden online