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)
Conjugation
Conjugation of schnattern (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | schnattern | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | schnatternd | ||||
| past participle | geschnattert | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich schnattre ich schnattere ich schnatter |
wir schnattern | i | ich schnattere ich schnattre |
wir schnattern |
| du schnatterst | ihr schnattert | du schnatterest du schnattrest |
ihr schnatteret ihr schnattret | ||
| er schnattert | sie schnattern | er schnattere er schnattre |
sie schnattern | ||
| preterite | ich schnatterte | wir schnatterten | ii | ich schnatterte1 | wir schnatterten1 |
| du schnattertest | ihr schnattertet | du schnattertest1 | ihr schnattertet1 | ||
| er schnatterte | sie schnatterten | er schnatterte1 | sie schnatterten1 | ||
| imperative | schnattre (du) schnatter (du) schnattere (du) |
schnattert (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of schnattern (weak, auxiliary haben)
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “schnattern”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
- “schnattern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schnattern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “schnattern” in Duden online
- “schnattern” in OpenThesaurus.de
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