snakka

Faroese

Etymology

From Middle Low German snacken (“to speak; to chat; to talk a lot or nonsense”), of uncertain origin. Related to Swedish snacka, Danish snakke and Norwegian snakke, all borrowed from Middle Low German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnakːa/

Verb

snakka (third person singular past indicative snakkaði, third person plural past indicative snakkaðu, supine snakkað)

1. to talk, chat, speak

Conjugation

Conjugation of snakka (group v-30)
infinitive	snakka
supine	snakkað
participle (a6)1	snakkandi	snakkaður
	present	past
first singular	snakki	snakkaði
second singular	snakkar	snakkaði
third singular	snakkar	snakkaði
plural	snakka	snakkaðu
	imperative
singular	snakka!
plural	snakkið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Further reading

• "snakka" at Sprotin.fo

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• snakket

Verb

snakka

1. inflection of snakke:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• snakke
• (past tense): snakte (dialectal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German snacken (“to speak, talk”), of uncertain origin.

Verb

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

1. to talk

   Det har me ikkje snakka om.

   We haven't talked about that.

Synonyms

• tala, tale
• røda, røde

Descendants

• Russenorsk: snakka

References

• “snakka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Russenorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk snakka

Verb

snakka

1. to speak, to talk

Synonyms

• sprek
• skasi

References

• Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag