schnarchen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German snarchen. Cognate with Middle English snun-ten (to snore), Old English *snorian, Dutch snorken (to snore, chatter, boast), English snort, Lithuanian snarglýs (snot).[1] From Proto-Germanic *snarkōną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃnaʁçən/, [ˈʃnaɐ̯çn̩]

Verb

schnarchen (third-person singular simple present schnarcht, past tense schnarchte, past participle geschnarcht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to snore

Conjugation

  • Schnarcher

References

  1. schnarchen in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

Further reading

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