snor zitten

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsnɔr ˈzɪ.tə(n)/

Verb

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snor zitten

  1. (impersonal, intransitive) to be all right, to be okay, to go well
    Met de groove zit het wel snor op hun nieuwe album.
    Everything is fine on their new album when it comes to groove.
    Zijn snor zit inderdaad snor.
    His moustache really is looking good.

Usage notes

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  • The most common subject for this verb are dat and het. The adverb wel is also used very frequently in combination with this phrase.
  • The verb can take other subjects as long as they are not animate beings, but this is not very common. To indicate what is going fine, a prepositional phrase with met can be used for objects and creatures alike.

Conjugation

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