snoepen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Attested from the 16th century. Etymology unclear, but Philippa et al. posit a derivation from Dutch snappen. Compare German Low German snopen (“to nibble, snack, lick”), West Frisian snobje (“buy candy, snack, have an affair”), Norwegian snopa, perhaps all ultimately from Old Norse snópa (“to idle around”), from Proto-Germanic *snōpāną, related to Proto-Germanic *snapāną, *snappōną (“to snap, chatter”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
snoepen
- To eat sweets or other tasty foods.
- (intransitive) To snack, to eat between meals.
- To savor, enjoy (used with 'van' and an object).
Inflection edit
| Inflection of snoepen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | snoepen | |||
| past singular | snoepte | |||
| past participle | gesnoept | |||
| infinitive | snoepen | |||
| gerund | snoepen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | snoep | snoepte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | snoept | snoepte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | snoept | snoepte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | snoept | snoepte | ||
| 3rd person singular | snoept | snoepte | ||
| plural | snoepen | snoepten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | snoepe | snoepte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | snoepen | snoepten | ||
| imperative sing. | snoep | |||
| imperative plur.1 | snoept | |||
| participles | snoepend | gesnoept | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms edit
- (to snack): snacken