Schnuckel

German

Etymology

Probably related to a group of chiefly German Low German [Term?] and Central German dialect verbs schnucken, schnuckeln, and variants. These verbs mean “to eat sweets”, “to suck (like a baby)”, occasionally “to kiss”, all of which senses suit the noun perfectly.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃnʊkəl/
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Noun

Schnuckel m (strong, genitive Schnuckels, plural Schnuckel, diminutive Schnuckelchen n)

darling, sweetheart, baby

Declension

Declension of Schnuckel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schnuckel	die	Schnuckel
genitive	eines	des	Schnuckels	der	Schnuckel
dative	einem	dem	Schnuckel	den	Schnuckeln
accusative	einen	den	Schnuckel	die	Schnuckel

Derived terms

schnuckelig