snurken

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch snorken, snorcken, of obscure origin. Possibly from Old Dutch *snarkon, from Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn (to make a sound, snore, snort).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsnʏrkə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: snur‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ʏrkən

Verb

snurken

  1. (intransitive) to snore

Conjugation

Conjugation of snurken (weak)
infinitive snurken
past singular snurkte
past participle gesnurkt
infinitive snurken
gerund snurken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular snurk snurkte
2nd person sing. (jij) snurkt, snurk2 snurkte
2nd person sing. (u) snurkt snurkte
2nd person sing. (gij) snurkt snurkte
3rd person singular snurkt snurkte
plural snurken snurkten
subjunctive sing.1 snurke snurkte
subjunctive plur.1 snurken snurkten
imperative sing. snurk
imperative plur.1 snurkt
participles snurkend gesnurkt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: snork
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: snorku
  • Saramaccan: lonká

Low German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *snarkjaną. Compare English snark, snort and snore, Dutch snurken, snorken and snorren.

Verb

snurken (past snurk, past participle snurkt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (transitive) To snore

Conjugation

Conjugation of snurken (weak verb)
infinitive snurken
present preterite
1st person singular snurk snurk
2nd person singular snurks(t) snurks(t)
3rd person singular snurk(t) snurk
plural snurkt, snurken snurken
imperative
singular snurk(e)
plural snurkt
present past
participle snurken (e)snurkt, gesnurkt

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Synonyms