"snakken" meaning in Dutch

See snakken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈsnɑ.kə(n)/ Audio: Nl-snakken.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑkən Etymology: From Middle Dutch snacken, from Old Dutch *snaccon. Related to Swedish snacka (“to talk”) and Low German snacken (“to talk”), from the sense of “to open the mouth”. Compare English snack; piecewise doublet of snacken. Etymology templates: {{ety|nl|:inh|dum:snacken<ety:inh<odt:*snaccon<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*snakkōn>>>>}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Dutch", "term" : "*snaccon", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "odt" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle Dutch", "term" : "snacken", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "dum" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Dutch", "term" : "snakken", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "nl" }" data-lang="nl" data-title="snakken">, {{inh|nl|dum|snacken}} Middle Dutch snacken, {{inh|nl|odt|*snaccon}} Old Dutch *snaccon, {{cog|sv|snacka||to talk}} Swedish snacka (“to talk”), {{cog|nds|snacken||to talk}} Low German snacken (“to talk”), {{m-g|to open the mouth}} “to open the mouth”, {{cog|en|snack}} English snack, {{pwd|nl|snacken|nocap=1}} piecewise doublet of snacken, {{ety|nl|:inh|dum:snacken<ety:inh<odt:*snaccon<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*snakkōn>>>>}} Head templates: {{nl-verb}} snakken Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-wk|snak|snakke}} Forms: weak [table-tags], snakken [infinitive], snakken [gerund, neuter], snak [first-person, present, singular], snakte [first-person, past, singular], snakt [present, second-person, singular], snak [present, second-person, singular], snakte [past, second-person, singular], snakt [formal, present, second-person, singular], snakte [formal, past, second-person, singular], snakt [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], snakt [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], snakte [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], snakte [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], snakt [present, singular, third-person], snakte [past, singular, third-person], snakken [plural, present], snakten [past, plural], snakke [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], snakte [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], snakken [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], snakten [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], snak [imperative, present, singular], snakt [archaic, imperative, plural, present], snakkend [participle, present], gesnakt [participle, past]
  1. to open the mouth greedily
    Sense id: en-snakken-nl-verb-JdcoxucW Categories (other): Dutch entries with etymon, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Dutch entries with etymon: 73 27 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 80 20
  2. to strongly desire, to crave [with naar ‘for’]
    Sense id: en-snakken-nl-verb-0uUqyawJ

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "gesnakt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "snakken",
      "name": "nl-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "snak",
        "2": "snakke"
      },
      "name": "nl-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to open the mouth greedily"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "open",
          "open"
        ],
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth"
        ],
        [
          "greedily",
          "greedily"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to strongly desire, to crave"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": ":naar<for>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with naar ‘for’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "naar",
              "‘for’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strongly",
          "strongly"
        ],
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ],
        [
          "crave",
          "crave"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to strongly desire, to crave [with naar ‘for’]"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsnɑ.kə(n)/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-snakken.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1a/Nl-snakken.ogg/Nl-snakken.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Nl-snakken.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑkən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "snakken"
}

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