schnurren

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German snurren, ablaut variant of snarren (whence modern schnarren), ultimately of imitative origin (lautmalend); compare Dutch snorren, as well as English snarl. Pfeifer ultimately connects these terms to an onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European *(s)nur- (“to grumble, growl”), and adduces nörgeln (“to nag, grumble”) as a cognate. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃnʊʁən/ Hyphenation: schnur‧ren === Verb === schnurren (weak, third-person singular present schnurrt, past tense schnurrte, past participle geschnurrt, auxiliary haben) (of cats etc.) to purr (produce a vibrating, whirring sound, especially when satisfied) (figurative, of an engine or mechanism) to produce a “healthy” sound that indicates good function ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “schnurren”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schnurren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “schnurren” in Duden online “schnurren” in OpenThesaurus.de