snäppa

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German sneppe, after the long, thin beak of the bird, from or related to Old Saxon *snabul, from Proto-Germanic *snabulaz (“snout, beak, mouth”). Cognate of German Schnepfe, Dutch snip, Faroese mýrisnípa. First attested in 1664.

Noun

snäppa c

  1. a bird in the Scolopacidae family
Declension
Declension of snäppa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative snäppa snäppan snäppor snäpporna
Genitive snäppas snäppans snäppors snäppornas

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. First attested in 1934.

Verb

snäppa (present snäpper, preterite snäppte, supine snäppt, imperative snäpp)

  1. snap
Conjugation
Conjugation of snäppa (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive snäppa snäppas
Supine snäppt snäppts
Imperative snäpp —
Imper. plural1 snäppen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative snäpper snäppte snäpps, snäppes snäpptes
Ind. plural1 snäppa snäppte snäppas snäpptes
Subjunctive2 snäppe snäppte snäppes snäpptes
Participles
Present participle snäppande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms

References

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