Schnaps

== German == === Etymology === From German Low German Snapps, originally “a sip (of liquor)”. Related to schnappen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃnaps/ === Noun === Schnaps m (strong, genitive Schnapses, plural Schnäpse, diminutive Schnäpschen n) spirit, booze, hard liquor Synonyms: Branntwein; (colloquial) Fusel; (colloquial) Hartstoff; Spirituose ==== Usage notes ==== Unlike English schnapps, the German word is general and does not refer to any specific kind of liquor. It is used, however, less commonly of more fancy or “sophisticated” kinds of spirits (such as whiskey). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Schnapsdrossel f Schnapsidee f Schnapsleiche f Schnapszahl f ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: snaps → English: schnapps, schnaps → Estonian: naps → Faroese: snapsur → Finnish: snapsi → French: schnaps → Japanese: シュナップス → Kashubian: sznaps → Latvian: šņabis → Norwegian Bokmål: snaps → Norwegian Nynorsk: snaps → Polish: sznaps → Portuguese: schnaps, schnapps → Russian: шнапс (šnaps) → Serbo-Croatian: šnaps, шнапс → Swedish: snaps → Ukrainian: шнапс (šnaps) → Venetan: snjapa → Vietnamese: rượu sơnap === Further reading === “Schnaps”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Schnaps” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Schnaps” in Duden online == Hunsrik == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃnaps/ === Noun === Schnaps m (plural Schneps, diminutive Schnepsje) hard liquor === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Schnaps”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch