schnibbeln

German

Etymology

West Central German and Low German variant of schnippeln, whose -pp- is already a northern form, however. Compare Dutch snippen versus southern German schnipfeln. In some dialects, the -bb- can be due to regular weakening of intervocalic stops, but it is also used in dialects that do not show this development. Hence perhaps voiced by analogy with the -d- in schneiden (to cut).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

schnibbeln (third-person singular simple present schnibbelt, past tense schnibbelte, past participle geschnibbelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. Alternative form of schnippeln

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Schnibbelbohnen
  • Schnibbelei
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