schnalzen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German snalzen (“to move with a noise peculiar to the rapid movement of the fingers or the tongue”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃnalt͡sən/
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Verb
schnalzen (weak, third-person singular present schnalzt, past tense schnalzte, past participle geschnalzt, auxiliary haben)
- to click (one's tongue)
- (regional) To snap one's fingers
Conjugation
Conjugation of schnalzen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | schnalzen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | schnalzend | ||||
| past participle | geschnalzt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich schnalze | wir schnalzen | i | ich schnalze | wir schnalzen |
| du schnalzt | ihr schnalzt | du schnalzest | ihr schnalzet | ||
| er schnalzt | sie schnalzen | er schnalze | sie schnalzen | ||
| preterite | ich schnalzte | wir schnalzten | ii | ich schnalzte1 | wir schnalzten1 |
| du schnalztest | ihr schnalztet | du schnalztest1 | ihr schnalztet1 | ||
| er schnalzte | sie schnalzten | er schnalzte1 | sie schnalzten1 | ||
| imperative | schnalz (du) schnalze (du) |
schnalzt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of schnalzen (weak, auxiliary haben)
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “schnalzen”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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