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Schnake
 
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Etymology

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From Middle High German snāke, from Old High German *snāko.[1] Cognate with Hunsrik Schnok.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃnaːkə/
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Noun

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Schnake f (genitive Schnake, plural Schnaken)

  1. cranefly (Any of various large flies of the family Tipulidae)
  2. (dialectal) mosquito
    Synonyms: Mücke, Stechmücke

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schnake”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891