Is 'snoop' English, or is it actually Dutch?

'Snoop' is a word borrowed from Dutch 'snoop'. The word entered the English language some time around 1832.

snoop [verb] [1832]

To look or pry especially in a sneaking or meddlesome manner

See 'snoop' on the Loan Words Map

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Etymology: Dutch 'snoepen' to buy or eat on the sly; akin to Dutch 'snappen' to snap

See more loan words from 1800s.