snikken
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[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
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation 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, snik2 | 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. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
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
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