snikken

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsnɪ.kə(n)/ Hyphenation: snik‧ken Rhymes: -ɪkən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch snicken (“to sob; gasp for breath”). Probably related to snuiven (“to sniff”) under the influence of snakken (“to open the mouth”) and hik (“hiccup”). Compare Middle Low German snucken, West Frisian snokke (“to sob”), Norwegian dialectal snukka (“to sniff”), German dialectal schnuckeln, schnauken, schnäuken (“to sniff”), English dialectal snock (“to sniff; sob forcefully”). ==== Verb ==== snikken (intransitive) to sob ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== snik ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: snik → Papiamentu: snek, snik === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== snikken plural of snik === Further reading === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “snikken”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute