snaaien

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Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) (Supposedly a loanword from Yiddish. Can someone confirm this?)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsnaːi̯.ə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: snaai‧en
  • Rhymes: -aːi̯ən

Verb

snaaien

  1. (informal, transitive, intransitive) to snack
  2. (informal, transitive, intransitive) to snag, to knick

Inflection

Conjugation of snaaien (weak)
infinitive snaaien
past singular snaaide
past participle gesnaaid
infinitive snaaien
gerund snaaien n
present tense past tense
1st person singular snaai snaaide
2nd person sing. (jij) snaait snaaide
2nd person sing. (u) snaait snaaide
2nd person sing. (gij) snaait snaaide
3rd person singular snaait snaaide
plural snaaien snaaiden
subjunctive sing.1 snaaie snaaide
subjunctive plur.1 snaaien snaaiden
imperative sing. snaai
imperative plur.1 snaait
participles snaaiend gesnaaid
1) Archaic.