schneeweiß
German edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German snēwīz, from Old High German *snēwīz, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz, equivalent to Schnee + weiß.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
schneeweiß (strong nominative masculine singular schneeweißer, not comparable)
- snow-white, white as snow, pure white
- 1911, Erwin Rosen [pseudonym; Erwin Carlé], Der Deutsche Lausbub in Amerika [The German prankster in America], page 226:
- […] jede Frau hätte den ungeheuren Herd, die Köche in schneeweißen Anzügen, die blitzende Sauberkeit überall staunend bewundert.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Positive forms of schneeweiß (uncomparable)
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Descendants edit
- → Russian: белосне́жный (belosnéžnyj) (calque)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “schneeweiß” in Duden online
- “schneeweiß” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache