snakke

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German snacken (to speak, talk). Compare Swedish snacka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snakə/, [ˈsnɑɡ̊ə], [ˈsnɑ̈kə] or (Low Copenhagen dialect) IPA(key): [ˈsnɑːɡ̊ə]
  • Rhymes: -akə

Verb

snakke (past tense snakkede, past participle snakket)

  1. to talk, speak
    Synonym: tale
  2. to chatter (talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk)
  3. to prattle (to talk incessantly; to babble)
  4. to chat (to be engaged in informal conversation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of snakke
active passive
present snakker snakkes
past snakkede snakkedes
infinitive snakke snakkes
imperative snak
participle
present snakkende
past snakket
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund snakken

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

snakke

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of snakken

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German snacken (to speak, talk), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snɑkːɛ/

Verb

snakke (imperative snakk, present tense snakker, passive snakkes, simple past and past participle snakka or snakket)

  1. to speak
  2. to talk

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

snakke (present tense snakkar, past tense snakka, past participle snakka, passive infinitive snakkast, present participle snakkande, imperative snakke/snakk)

  1. alternative form of snakka

Derived terms