Used in a Sentence

schnapps

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for schnapps.

Editorial note

If you want vodka, schnapps, and other hard liquors, you gotta go to a dedicated state-run liquor store.

Examples16
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(countable) A serving of this beverage.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of schnapps gathered in one view.

noun

(countable) A serving of this beverage.

noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for schnapps.

noun

(countable) A serving of this beverage.

noun

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

Example sentences

1

If you want vodka, schnapps, and other hard liquors, you gotta go to a dedicated state-run liquor store.

2

Best case: Your new alien friends have great new schnapps on the intergalactic party-barge.

3

When I lived in the Czech Republic I knew a local who made his own plum schnapps.

4

Every centenarian in Bulgaria is a moderate Rakia (a type of brandy/schnapps) drinker!

5

If you've got something like a very sweet and low alcohol liqueur (15 to 30% abv) then it'll generally be called Apple schnapps.

6

He explicitly called it slivovice (and schnapps when I asked for the English name), not vodka.

7

Strange to think of me indirectly buying peppermint schnapps at that time.

8

Not as boring when the chocolate coins become shots of schnapps.

9

I used to like peppermint a lot, until one day in uni I poisoned myself by drinking half a bottle of peppermint schnapps.

10

You can get a schnapps of it, obviously.

11

The other confusing thing is that most of these words (schnapps, vodka, arak, rakija) are generic words for distillates, not indicative of a style.

12

I reckon it's mostly in the second, as my parents didn't do rivers of schnapps (not a vodka land there) or fistfights at the times when I was doing them.

Quote examples

1

From the Wikipedia page for "schnapps": "Schnapps or schnaps is a type of alcoholic beverage that may take several forms, including distilled fruit brandies,..."

2

It was a lot more like listening to Grandpa complaining about “kids these days,” after getting into the schnapps.

3

I thought schnapps was basically synonymous with "obstler" - a clear, white spirit distilled from fermented fruit.

4

Previous to this, the Danish military would occasionally visit the island, leaving a flag, and a "Welcome to Denmark" sign and a bottle of Danish schnapps.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use schnapps in a sentence?

If you want vodka, schnapps, and other hard liquors, you gotta go to a dedicated state-run liquor store.

What does schnapps mean?

(countable) A serving of this beverage.

What part of speech is schnapps?

schnapps is commonly used as noun.