schnapps
English
/ʃnɑps/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) A type of distilled alcoholic beverage, often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as apéritif or digestif.
- (countable) A serving of this beverage.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Schnaps.
Origin
German (Berlin)
Schnaps
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Schnaps German
- Schnapsdrossel German
- Schnapsidee German
- Schnapsleiche German
- Schnapszahl German
- шнапс Russian
- snaps Norwegian Bokmål
- シュナップス Japanese
- snaps Norwegian Nynorsk
- šņabis Latvian
- snapsur Faroese
- naps Estonian
- Snapps German Low German
- sgnapa Venetian
- Schnapsidee Bavarian