schnappen

Meaning

  1. (weak) to snap (with one’s mouth)
  2. (weak) to breathe, gasp
  3. (weak) to catch; to seize
  4. (colloquial, weak) to nab (a criminal)

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃnapən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German snaben (“to snap, snort”), ultimately imitative of clattering jaws (lautmalend); compare also schnaufen (“to snort, pant”). Cognate with Dutch snappen, English snap.

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