snikken
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch snicken (“to sob; gasp for breath”). Probably related to snuiven (“to sniff”) under the influence of snakken (“to open the mouth”) and hik (“hiccup”).
Compare Middle Low German snucken, West Frisian snokke (“to sob”), Norwegian dialectal snukka (“to sniff”), German dialectal schnuckeln, schnauken, schnäuken (“to sniff”), English dialectal snock (“to sniff; sob forcefully”).
Verb edit
snikken
- (intransitive) to sob
Inflection edit
| Inflection of snikken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | snikken | |||
| past singular | snikte | |||
| past participle | gesnikt | |||
| infinitive | snikken | |||
| gerund | snikken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | snik | snikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | snikt | snikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | snikt | snikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | snikt | snikte | ||
| 3rd person singular | snikt | snikte | ||
| plural | snikken | snikten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | snikke | snikte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | snikken | snikten | ||
| imperative sing. | snik | |||
| imperative plur.1 | snikt | |||
| participles | snikkend | gesnikt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
snikken
Further reading edit
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “snikken”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute