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)

  1. to click (one's tongue)
  2. (regional) To snap one's fingers
    Synonyms: schnippen, schnipsen

Conjugation

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References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “schnalzen”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading
  • “schnalzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “schnalzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “schnalzen” in Duden online
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