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Schnapps is an English word with synonyms like liquor or spirits. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Schnapps in a sentence

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Schnapps | Schnapp

Schnapps meaning

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

Synonyms of Schnapps

schnaps liquor spirits booze hard drink hard liquor john barleycorn strong drink

Related words

Other words often associated with Schnapps or its synonyms:

alcohol intoxicant ingest drink consume stock fuddle broth liquid

Using Schnapps

  • The main meaning on this page is: A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif. | A serving of this beverage.
  • Useful related words include: schnaps, liquor, spirits, booze.
  • In the example corpus, schnapps often appears in combinations such as: peach schnapps.

Context around Schnapps

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

peach 2× cinnamon 1× cherry 1×

Often after:

onto 1× infused 1× soaked 1×

Sentence patterns with Schnapps

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and cherry schnapps all very 1× and cinnamon schnapps 1× equivalent of schnapps 1× including some schnapps infused coffee 1× layers of schnapps soaked chocolate 1× schnapps is also 1× the peach schnapps onto the 1× vodka peach schnapps and an 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and a journey 1× another though considerably 1× carefully layer the 1× danish tradition is 1× in a large 1× next time i 1×

Common sentence endings:

and cinnamon schnapps 1× and whipped cream 1× beverages is decreasing 1× drink called ullr 1× equivalent of schnapps 1× tangerine juice base 1×

Words around Schnapps

Just before it in the word index:

schnapp 13 schnall 4 schnack 2 schnable 3 schnabl 2 schnabel 20

Just after it in the word index:

schnatter 20 schnauze 2 schnauzer 8 schneck 6 schnecksville 2 schnee 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Schnapps

  • In this selection, "schnapps" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, peach, cinnamon, cherry, onto, infused and soaked stand out and add context to how "schnapps" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and cherry schnapps all very and and cinnamon schnapps. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "schnapps" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with schnapps

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Carefully* layer the peach schnapps onto the grenadine layer. (9 words)

In a large pitcher mix the apple cider, dark rum, and cinnamon schnapps. (13 words)

Not to mention an incredible array of grillables cooked up by Will Mixon and drinkables provided by everyone, including some schnapps-infused coffee drink called Ullr. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

Danish tradition is to start with herring, perhaps move on to prawns or plaice, and finish with beef tartare or chicken salad, all washed down with a beer or (towards the end of the week) some (Scandinavia’s equivalent of schnapps). (41 words)

And a journey through this region isn’t complete without indulging in the local specialty — Black Forest cake (Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte) — mouthwatering layers of schnapps-soaked chocolate cake, cherries, chocolate mousse and whipped cream. (33 words)

Schnapps is also traditionally made in Alsace, but it is in decline because home distillers are becoming less common and the consumption of traditional, strong, alcoholic beverages is decreasing. (29 words)

Example sentences (8)

Danish tradition is to start with herring, perhaps move on to prawns or plaice, and finish with beef tartare or chicken salad, all washed down with a beer or (towards the end of the week) some (Scandinavia’s equivalent of schnapps).

In a large pitcher mix the apple cider, dark rum, and cinnamon schnapps.

Next time I go to Oga’s I’ll stick with my go-to order — the with peach vodka, peach schnapps and an orange and tangerine juice base.

Carefully* layer the peach schnapps onto the grenadine layer.

Not to mention an incredible array of grillables cooked up by Will Mixon and drinkables provided by everyone, including some schnapps-infused coffee drink called Ullr.

And a journey through this region isn’t complete without indulging in the local specialty — Black Forest cake (Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte) — mouthwatering layers of schnapps-soaked chocolate cake, cherries, chocolate mousse and whipped cream.

Another though considerably more recent brandy-based cocktail is the Wisconsin Badger, derived from a mix of brandy, cranberry juice, and cherry schnapps--all very Wisconsin-inspired ingredients.

Schnapps is also traditionally made in Alsace, but it is in decline because home distillers are becoming less common and the consumption of traditional, strong, alcoholic beverages is decreasing.

Common combinations with schnapps

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "schnapps" in a sentence?
An example: "Danish tradition is to start with herring, perhaps move on to prawns or plaice, and finish with beef tartare or chicken salad, all washed down with a beer or (towards the end of the week) some (Scandinavia’s equivalent of schnapps)." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "schnapps" from authentic English texts.
What does "schnapps" mean?
Schnapps means: A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.
What are synonyms of "schnapps"?
Common synonyms of "schnapps" include: schnaps, liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, john barleycorn, strong drink.
How many example sentences with "schnapps" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "schnapps", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.