Polyglot Dictionary

Schnapsidee

/ˈʃnapsʔideː/

die noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Schnapsideen

Meaning

  1. a crazy, harebrained idea

    Built from Schnaps (liquor) + Idee (idea).

    • Ein Bungee-Sprung im Winter war wirklich eine Schnapsidee.

      A bungee jump in winter was really a harebrained idea.

N Category Idea Concreteness Abstract Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Schnaps liquor
  • Idee idea

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

esquisito

Close — a harebrained idea relates to a weirdo.

Practice

1 What does Schnapsidee mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ein Bungee-Sprung im Winter war wirklich eine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schnapsidee?

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