Schnack
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle Low German snak (“speech, chatter”), from Middle Low German snacken (“to speak, talk, chatter”), akin to Middle High German snacken (“to chatter, chat”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schnack m (strong, genitive Schnacks, plural Schnacks)
- (Northern Germany) chat; saying
- Das ist ein ganz anderer Schnack. ― That's a whole different story.
- 1909, Hermann Löns, “Das Osterfeuer”, in Der letzte Hansbur, published 1996, →ISBN:
- Aber das mochte nur wieder so ein Schnack sein von Mutter Griebsch, die der jungen Frau sagte, was sie tun dürfe und was nicht.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Schnack [masculine, strong]
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Schnack” in Duden online
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