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schnuppern

Meaning

  1. (intransitive, weak) to smell, to nose, to sniff
  2. (informal, transitive, weak) to get a (first) taste of something (a place, institution or situation; especially of a temporary visit, trial or internship; typically with ad-hoc compounds with Luft)

Synonyms

Frequency

30k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃnʊpɐn/
Etymology

From schnuppen + -ern, with schnuppen (or snuppen) being the German Low German and Central German form of schnupfen (“to sniff”).

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