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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsnʏrkə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: snur‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ʏrkən

Verb

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snurken

  1. (intransitive) to snore

Conjugation

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Conjugation of snurken (weak)
infinitive snurken
past singular snurkte
past participle gesnurkt
infinitive snurken
gerund snurken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular snurk snurkte
2nd person sing. (jij) snurkt, snurk2 snurkte
2nd person sing. (u) snurkt snurkte
2nd person sing. (gij) snurkt snurkte
3rd person singular snurkt snurkte
plural snurken snurkten
subjunctive sing.1 snurke snurkte
subjunctive plur.1 snurken snurkten
imperative sing. snurk
imperative plur.1 snurkt
participles snurkend gesnurkt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: snork
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: snorku
  • Saramaccan: lonká

Low German

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *snarkjaną. Compare English snark, snort and snore, Dutch snurken, snorken and snorren.

Verb

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snurken (past snurk, past participle snurkt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (transitive) To snore

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