"Schnaps" meaning in German

See Schnaps in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃnaps/ Audio: De-Schnaps.ogg , De-Schnaps2.ogg
Etymology: From German Low German Snapps, originally “a sip (of liquor)”. Related to schnappen. Etymology templates: {{der|de|nds-de|Snapps}} German Low German Snapps Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,^e|dim=^chen}} Schnaps m (strong, genitive Schnapses, plural Schnäpse, diminutive Schnäpschen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,^e}} Forms: Schnapses [genitive], Schnäpse [plural], Schnäpschen [diminutive, neuter], strong [table-tags], Schnaps [nominative, singular], Schnäpse [definite, nominative, plural], Schnapses [genitive, singular], Schnäpse [definite, genitive, plural], Schnaps [dative, singular], Schnapse [dative, singular], Schnäpsen [dative, definite, plural], Schnaps [accusative, singular], Schnäpse [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. spirit, booze, hard liquor Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Branntwein, ;, Fusel, ;, Hartstoff, ;, Spirituose Derived forms: Schnapsdrossel [feminine], Schnapsidee [feminine], Schnapsleiche [feminine], Schnapszahl [feminine]

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "snaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "schnapps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "schnaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "naps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "snapsur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "snapsi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "schnaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "シュナップス"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kashubian",
      "lang_code": "csb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sznaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "snaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "snaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sznaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "schnaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "schnapps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "šnaps",
      "word": "шнапс"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "šnaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "шнапс"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "snaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "šnaps",
      "word": "шнапс"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "snjapa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "rượu sơnap"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "nds-de",
        "3": "Snapps"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Snapps",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From German Low German Snapps, originally “a sip (of liquor)”. Related to schnappen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Schnapses",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnäpse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnäpschen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnaps",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnäpse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnapses",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnäpse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnaps",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnapse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnäpsen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnaps",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnäpse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,^e",
        "dim": "^chen"
      },
      "expansion": "Schnaps m (strong, genitive Schnapses, plural Schnäpse, diminutive Schnäpschen n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Distilled beverages",
          "orig": "de:Distilled beverages",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schnapsdrossel"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schnapsidee"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schnapsleiche"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schnapszahl"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spirit, booze, hard liquor"
      ],
      "id": "en-Schnaps-de-noun-psAmhSRt",
      "links": [
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "booze",
          "booze"
        ],
        [
          "hard liquor",
          "hard liquor"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Branntwein"
        },
        {
          "word": ";"
        },
        {
          "word": "Fusel"
        },
        {
          "word": ";"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hartstoff"
        },
        {
          "word": ";"
        },
        {
          "word": "Spirituose"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃnaps/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Schnaps.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a2/De-Schnaps.ogg/De-Schnaps.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/De-Schnaps.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Schnaps2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/De-Schnaps2.ogg/De-Schnaps2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/De-Schnaps2.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Schnaps"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnapsdrossel"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnapsidee"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnapsleiche"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnapszahl"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "snaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "schnapps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "schnaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "naps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "snapsur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "snapsi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "schnaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "シュナップス"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kashubian",
      "lang_code": "csb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sznaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "snaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "snaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sznaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "schnaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "schnapps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "šnaps",
      "word": "шнапс"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "šnaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "шнапс"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "snaps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "šnaps",
      "word": "шнапс"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "snjapa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "rượu sơnap"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "nds-de",
        "3": "Snapps"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Snapps",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From German Low German Snapps, originally “a sip (of liquor)”. Related to schnappen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Schnapses",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnäpse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnäpschen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnaps",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnäpse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnapses",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnäpse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnaps",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnapse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnäpsen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnaps",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schnäpse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,^e",
        "dim": "^chen"
      },
      "expansion": "Schnaps m (strong, genitive Schnapses, plural Schnäpse, diminutive Schnäpschen n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms derived from German Low German",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "de:Distilled beverages"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spirit, booze, hard liquor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "booze",
          "booze"
        ],
        [
          "hard liquor",
          "hard liquor"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Branntwein"
        },
        {
          "word": ";"
        },
        {
          "word": "Fusel"
        },
        {
          "word": ";"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hartstoff"
        },
        {
          "word": ";"
        },
        {
          "word": "Spirituose"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃnaps/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Schnaps.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a2/De-Schnaps.ogg/De-Schnaps.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/De-Schnaps.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Schnaps2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/De-Schnaps2.ogg/De-Schnaps2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/De-Schnaps2.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Schnaps"
}

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