snobje

West Frisian

Etymology

Origin obscure. Apparently related to Dutch snoepen (“to snack, eat sweets”) and German Low German snopen (“to snack, nibble”), perhaps all from Old Norse snópa (“to idle around”). Compare also Old Frisian snabba (“mouth”), Old Norse snoppa (“snout, muzzle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsnobjə/

Verb

snobje

  1. to eat sweets or other tasty foods

Inflection

Weak class 2
infinitive snobje
3rd singular past snobbe
past participle snobbe
infinitive snobje
long infinitive snobjen
gerund snobjen n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular snobje snobbe
2nd singular snobbest snobbest
clitic form snobbesto snobbesto
3rd singular snobbet snobbe
plural snobje snobben
imperative snobje
participles snobjend snobbe

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “snobje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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