# die Schnappatmung

die Schnappatmung is a German noun meaning “agonal respiration”. Forms: der Schnappatmung, die Schnappatmungen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Schnappatmung
- Plural: die Schnappatmungen

## In other languages

- Русский: мед. судорожное дыхание

## Meanings

1. agonal respiration
2. _exaggerated · figurative_ a shocked, indignant (less commonly enthusiastic), often exaggerated or ridiculous rhetorical or gestural reaction, accompanied by the impression of breathlessness appropriate to the occasion

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