schnattern

German

Etymology

From Middle High German snateren (“to cackle, croak (of frogs), clatter (of storks), chatter”). Cognate with Dutch snater (“beak”), snateren (“to quack”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃnatɐn/
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Verb

schnattern (weak, third-person singular present schnattert, past tense schnatterte, past participle geschnattert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (goose) to cackle
  2. (duck) to quack

Conjugation

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

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