schnapps

English

Alternative forms

• schnaps

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schnaps.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ʃnɑps/, /ʃnæps/

• Audio (Southern England):

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  Rhymes: -æps

Noun

schnapps (usually uncountable, plural schnappses or schnapps)

1. (uncountable) A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.

   apple schnapps ― peach schnapps

2. (countable) A serving of this beverage.
   • 2009, Colin Broderick, Orangutan: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 3:

     “What happened?” “You drank about a bottle of vodka and ten peppermint schnapps is what happened. Come on, up.”

Translations

type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)

• Danish: snaps (da) c
• Faroese: snapsur m
• Finnish: snapsi (fi), viina (fi)
• French: schnaps (fr) m, eau-de-vie (fr) f
• German: Schnaps (de) m (not specific, can mean any spirit)
• Italian: acquavite (it) f, grappa (it) f
• Japanese: シュナップス (shunappusu)
• Maori: napi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: snaps m

  Nynorsk: snaps m

• Polish: sznaps (pl) m
• Portuguese: schnaps m, schnapps m
• Russian: шнапс (ru) m (šnaps)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шнапс m

  Roman: šnaps (sh) m

• Swedish: snaps (sv) c
• Ukrainian: шнапс m (šnaps)
• Vietnamese: rượu sơnap
• Yiddish: שנאַפּס (shnaps)
• Yoruba: sìnáàbù

serving of this beverage

• Finnish: snapsi (fi), ruokaryyppy (fi)

See also

• brandy
• CHNOPS
• cognac
• eau-de-vie
• eau de vie
• firewater
• hard liquor
• spirit, spirits
• vodka
• water of life
• whiskey
• whisky

 

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Schnaps, with spelling influenced by English schnapps.

Noun

schnapps m (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of schnaps