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snäppa

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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snäppa c

  1. a bird in the Scolopacidae family
Declension
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Declension of snäppa
nominative genitive
singular indefinite snäppa snäppas
definite snäppan snäppans
plural indefinite snäppor snäppors
definite snäpporna snäppornas
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Etymology 2

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Onomatopoeic. First attested in 1934.

Verb

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

  1. snap
Conjugation
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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
present participle snäppande
past participle

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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