snakken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch snacken, from Old Dutch *snakkon. Related to Swedish snacka (“to talk”) and Low German snacken (“to talk”), from the sense of "to open the mouth". Compare English snack.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑkən

Verb

snakken

1. to open the mouth greedily
2. to strongly desire, to crave [with naar ‘for’]

Conjugation

Conjugation of snakken (weak)
infinitive	snakken
past singular	snakte
past participle	gesnakt
infinitive	snakken
gerund	snakken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	snak	snakte
2nd person sing. (jij)	snakt, snak2	snakte
2nd person sing. (u)	snakt	snakte
2nd person sing. (gij)	snakt	snakte
3rd person singular	snakt	snakte
plural	snakken	snakten
subjunctive sing.1	snakke	snakte
subjunctive plur.1	snakken	snakten
imperative sing.	snak
imperative plur.1	snakt
participles	snakkend	gesnakt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: snak