Noun: snuppe
Gender: Masculine, Feminine
Hyphenation:
Definite
| Sg. | snuppa; snuppen |
| Pl. | snuppene |
Sample Sentences
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«Men saa var det dog et nok saa snilt indfald af mig, vil du bekjende det, snuppen min.» ("But then it was quite a kind idea of mine, you'll admit it, my little girl.") [1893, Jonas Lie, Niobe, page 205:]
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Big Tom [dro] til Junaiten, gutter. Der borte … skal det vel bli mulig å få seg ei søt lita snuppe (Big Tom [went] to the US, boys. Over there... it should probably be possible to get a sweet little chick) [1990, Torill Thorstad Hauger, Lincolns blå soldat:]
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driver du med for tida, snuppa, spurte Billy T. og la armen rundt henne (what are you up to at the moment, young girl, asked Billy T. and put his arm around her) [1994, Anne Holt, Salige er de som tørster…, page 95:]
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kom her da, snuppa mi! (come here then, my girl!)
Nouns inflected like snuppe
krokodille,
snuppe,
flytebrygge,
smekke,
slynge,
slette,
skøyte,
sløyfe,
brennesle,
skuffe,
skråme,
skrøne,
skisse,
skinke,
skinne,
skjære,
skorpe,
diamantgruve,
revebjelle,
øygruppe, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Deverbal from snuppe (“to (quickly) chop or cut”), related to snubbe (“to shorten, cut”), from Old Norse snubba. . See: Old Norse Nouns '
snubba'.
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