schnuppe

See also: Schnuppe

German

Etymology

From Schnuppe (“[worthless as] the burnt remains of a wick”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃnʊpə/
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Adjective

schnuppe (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. (colloquial) worthless, unimportant
    Synonyms: egal, gleich, gleichgültig
    Was du heute noch machst, ist mir schnuppe, ich gehe jetzt ins Kino.
    What you're doing today means nothing to me, I'm going to the movies now.

Further reading
  • “schnuppe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “schnuppe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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