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schnapps

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ʃnɑps/
  • US: /ʃnæps/
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  • rhymes with -æps
  • CMU ARPABET: SH N AE1 P S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

plural of Schnapp

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • apple schnapps; peach schnapps

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A serving of this beverage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: schnaps

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schnaps.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَنَبْص (šanabṣ) — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Armenian: շնապս (šnaps) — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Belarusian: шнапс (šnaps) — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Bulgarian: шнапс (šnaps) — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Danish: snaps — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Faroese: snapsur — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Finnish: snapsi — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Finnish: viina — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • French: schnaps — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • French: eau-de-vie — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Georgian: შნაპსი (šnaṗsi) — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • German: Schnaps — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Italian: acquavite — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Italian: grappa — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Italian: schnapps — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Japanese: シュナップス (shunappusu) — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Korean: 슈납스 (syunapseu) — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Latvian: šņabis — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Māori: napi — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snaps — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snaps — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Polish: sznaps — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Portuguese: schnaps — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Portuguese: schnapps — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Russian: шнапс (šnaps) — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Serbo-Croatian: шнапс — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Serbo-Croatian: šnaps — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Spanish: schnapps — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Swedish: snaps — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Turkish: şnaps — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Ukrainian: шнапс (šnaps) — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Vietnamese: rượu sơnap — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Yiddish: שנאַפּס (shnaps) — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Yoruba: sìnáàbù — type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
  • Finnish: snapsi — serving of this beverage
  • Finnish: ruokaryyppy — serving of this beverage
  • Polish: sznaps — serving of this beverage