schnattern

Meaning

  1. (weak) to cackle
  2. (weak) to quack

Frequency

21k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schnäädere

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃnatɐn/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German snateren (“to cackle, croak (of frogs), clatter (of storks), chatter”). Cognate with Dutch snater (“beak”), snateren (“to quack”).

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