schnappen
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verb
- to snapwith one’s mouth
- to breathe, gasp
- to catch; to seize
- to naba criminal
Forms
Present
| I | schnappe |
|---|---|
| you | schnappst |
| he, she, it | schnappt |
| we | schnappen |
| you (plural) | schnappt |
| they | schnappen |
Preterite
| I | schnappte |
|---|---|
| you | schnapptest |
| he, she, it | schnappte |
| we | schnappten |
| you (plural) | schnapptet |
| they | schnappten |
Subjunctive I
| I | schnappe |
|---|---|
| you | schnappest |
| he, she, it | schnappe |
| we | schnappen |
| you (plural) | schnappet |
| they | schnappen |
Subjunctive II
| I | schnappte |
|---|---|
| you | schnapptest |
| he, she, it | schnappte |
| we | schnappten |
| you (plural) | schnapptet |
| they | schnappten |
Imperative
| you | schnapp / schnappe |
|---|---|
| you (plural) | schnappt |
Other forms
| infinitive | schnappen |
|---|---|
| past participle | geschnappt |
| present participle | schnappend |
Used in the library
- Der Hund schnappt nach dem Ball.The dog snaps at the ball.A1Gefahr und Polizei — Danger and the police (A1)
- Hinten schnappt der Hund nach der Wurst.At the back the dog snaps at the sausage.A1Noch einmal, bitte (4) — Once more, please (4) (A1)
- Der Hund schnappt nach dem Ball, die Katze greift nach der Maus.The dog snaps at the ball, the cat grabs at the mouse.A1Noch einmal, bitte (5) — Once more, please (5) (A1)
- Eine Möwe schnappt sich ein Brötchen und verschlingt es noch in der Luft.A gull grabs a roll and devours it while still in the air.B2Noch einmal, bitte (28) — Once more, please (28) (B2)
Other ways to say it
- beißento bite; to sting; to burn; to be sharp; to be spicy
- fangento catch (grab something flying in the air); to catch; to capture (to take hold of a person or an animal)
- fassento gird, to surround, to confine into a form; to grasp, to catch
- festnehmento arrest (take into legal custody)
- greifento grab; to grasp; to grip (something); to grab; to seize; to snatch (in an aggressive way)
- kriegento get; to catch, to come down with
- verhaftento stop moving and instead stick, or make or become bound (more or less literally or figuratively); to imprison, to put into confinement after judicial writ (the state of which is called Haft) (this is the most common signification in its…