Schnecke
German
Eine Schnecke
Etymology
From Old High German sneggo, snecco, from Proto-Germanic *sneggô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃnɛkə/
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Noun
Schnecke f (genitive Schnecke, plural Schnecken, diminutive Schneckchen n or Schnecklein n)
- snail, slug
- (slang) An attractive woman; chick.
- The cochlea in the inner ear.
- A screw or worm thread.
- (lutherie) scroll (the carved wooden spiral at the end of a stringed instrument's fingerboard)
- pastry in the form of a snail.
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Further reading
- Schnecke in Duden online
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