schnapps

English

Alternative forms

schnaps

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schnaps.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ʃnɑps/, /ʃnæps/
Audio (RP) (file)

Rhymes: -æps

Noun

schnapps (usually uncountable, plural schnappses or schnapps)

(uncountable) A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.
apple schnapps ― peach schnapps
(countable) A serving of this beverage.

Translations

type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)

Danish: snaps (da) c
Faroese: snapsur m
Finnish: snapsi (fi), viina (fi)
French: schnaps (fr) m, eau-de-vie (fr) f
German: Schnaps (de) m (not specific, can mean any spirit)
Italian: acquavite (it) f, grappa (it) f
Japanese: シュナップス (shunappusu)
Maori: napi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: snaps m

Nynorsk: snaps m
Polish: sznaps (pl) m
Portuguese: schnaps m, schnapps m
Russian: шнапс (ru) m (šnaps)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: шнапс m

Roman: šnaps (sh) m
Swedish: snaps (sv) c
Ukrainian: шнапс m (šnaps)
Vietnamese: rượu sơnap

serving of this beverage

Finnish: snapsi (fi), ruokaryyppy (fi)

See also

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Schnaps, with spelling influenced by English schnapps.

Noun

schnapps m (invariable)

Alternative spelling of schnaps

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