Schnapphahn

== German == === Etymology === From Late Middle High German snaphan (15th c., “a mounted highwayman, especially an impoverished knight”). By surface analysis, schnappen (“to snap, snatch”) +‎ Hahn (“cock, rooster”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃnapˌhaːn/ === Noun === Schnapphahn m (strong, genitive Schnapphahns or Schnapphahnes, plural Schnapphähne) (historical, otherwise archaic) highwayman, waylayer, mugger, footpad Synonyms: Straßenräuber, Strauchdieb, Wegelagerer ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: snaphaan (see there for further descendants) → French: chenapan (see there for further descendants) → Swedish: snapphane === Further reading === “Schnapphahn”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Schnapphahn” in Duden online