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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Schnaps.
Pronunciation
Noun
schnapps (usually uncountable, plural schnappses or schnapps)
- (uncountable) A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.
- apple schnapps; peach schnapps
- (countable) A serving of this beverage.
2009, Colin Broderick, Orangutan: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 3:“What happened?” “You drank about a bottle of vodka and ten peppermint schnapps is what happened. Come on, up.”
Translations
type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
See also
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Schnaps, with spelling influenced by English schnapps.
Noun
schnapps m (invariable)
- Alternative spelling of schnaps