snakke

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German snacken (to speak, talk). Compare Swedish snacka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsnaːkə], [ˈsnɑːɡ̊ə]

Verb

snakke (imperative snak, infinitive at snakke, present tense snakker, past tense snakkede, perfect tense har snakket)

  1. talk, speak
  2. chatter (talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk)
  3. prattle (to talk incessantly; to babble)
  4. chat (to be engaged in informal conversation)

Synonyms


Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

snakke

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of snakken

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German snacken (to speak, talk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snɑkːɛ/

Verb

snakke (imperative snakk, present tense snakker, passive snakkes, simple past and past participle snakka or snakket)

  1. to speak
  2. to talk

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

snakke (present tense snakkar, past tense snakka, past participle snakka, passive infinitive snakkast, present participle snakkande, imperative snakk/snakke)

  1. Alternative form of snakka

Derived terms

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