Editing Schnapps (section)

{{Short description|Several types of flavored distilled alcoholic beverages}}
{{For|the alcoholic drink taken with a meal in Denmark and Sweden|Snaps}}
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{{Infobox beverage
| name = Schnapps
| image = 
| type = [[Liqueur]]
| abv = 60–100 proof (30–50 vol-%)
| origin = 
| colour = Clear
| flavour = Typically raspberry, apple, pear, plum, cherry, peach, apricot, or peppermint
| variants = 
}}

'''Schnapps''' ({{IPAc-en|ʃ|n|ɑː|p|s|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Schnapps.wav}} or {{IPAc-en|ʃ|n|æ|p|s}}) or '''schnaps''' is a type of [[alcoholic beverage]] that may take several forms, including distilled [[fruit brandies]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/schnapps?q=Schnapps&searchDictCode=all|title=schnapps - Definition of schnapps in US English by Oxford Dictionaries|website=Oxford Dictionaries - English|access-date=29 April 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304181219/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/schnapps?q=Schnapps&searchDictCode=all|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> herbal [[liqueur]]s, [[infusion]]s, and "flavored liqueurs" made by adding fruit syrups, spices, or artificial flavorings to [[neutral grain spirits]].

The English [[loanword]] "schnapps" is derived from the colloquial German word ''Schnaps'' {{IPA|de|ʃnaps||De-Schnaps.ogg}} (plural: ''Schnäpse''),<ref>{{cite book |title=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language |year=2011 |publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]] |location=Boston |isbn=978-0-547-04101-8 |page=1562 }}</ref><ref>''Wahrig: Deutsches Wörterbuch'' (Munich: Bertelsmann, 2006). See ''Branntwein'' at p. 298 and ''Schnaps'' at p. 1305.</ref> which is used in reference to [[liquor|spirit drinks]].<ref name="DDN">{{cite web
 | url=https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Schnaps
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 | title=Duden {{pipe}} Schnaps {{pipe}} Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, Herkunft
 | trans-title=Definition of ''Schnaps'' in German
 | website=[[Duden | Duden German Dictionary]]
 | publisher=Bibliographisches Institut GmbH
 | language=de
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424093258/http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Schnaps
 | archive-date=2017-04-24
 | access-date=2021-06-25
}}
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The word ''Schnaps'' stems from [[Low German]] and is related to the German term "''schnappen''", meaning "snap", which refers to the spirit usually being consumed in a quick slug from a small glass (i.e., a [[shot glass]]).<ref>''Kluge: Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache'', 23., erweiterte Auflage (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1999), 734.</ref>