snoepen

Dutch

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnu.pə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: snoe‧pen
• Rhymes: -upən

Verb

snoepen

1. To eat sweets or other tasty foods.
2. (intransitive) To snack, to eat between meals.
3. To savor, enjoy (used with 'van' and an object).

Inflection

Conjugation 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

• (to snack): snacken

Derived terms

• afsnoepen
• gesnoep
• opsnoepen
• snoep
• snoeper
• snoepreis
• snoepziek

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: snup, snoep
• English snoop