schneiden
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German snīden, from Old High German snīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *snīþan (“to cut”).
Cognate with Dutch snijden (“to cut, carve, intersect”), Low German snieden (“to cut”), dialectal English snithe (“to cut”) (related to snide), Swedish snida (“to carve, engrave”), Icelandic sníða (“to trim, tailor”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
schneiden (class 1 strong, third-person singular present schneidet, past tense schnitt, past participle geschnitten, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to cut; to carve; to slice
- (transitive) to pare; to clip; to mow; to prune; to trim
- (transitive, driving, figuratively) to cut (someone) off; to cut in on (someone)
- (transitive, film) to edit
- (transitive or reflexive) to intersect
- Die beiden Straßen schneiden sich. ― Both streets intersect.
- (reflexive) to cut (oneself)
- (reflexive, colloquial) to delude (oneself); to become mistaken
- to avoid somebody (to cut someone)
Conjugation edit
| infinitive | schneiden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | schneidend | ||||
| past participle | geschnitten | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich schneide | wir schneiden | i | ich schneide | wir schneiden |
| du schneidest | ihr schneidet | du schneidest | ihr schneidet | ||
| er schneidet | sie schneiden | er schneide | sie schneiden | ||
| preterite | ich schnitt | wir schnitten | ii | ich schnitte1 | wir schnitten1 |
| du schnittest du schnittst |
ihr schnittet | du schnittest1 | ihr schnittet1 | ||
| er schnitt | sie schnitten | er schnitte1 | sie schnitten1 | ||
| imperative | schneid (du) schneide (du) |
schneidet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German snīden, from Old High German snīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *snīþan. Cognate with German schneiden, Dutch snijden, English snithe, Icelandic sníða.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
schneiden (third-person singular present schneit, past participle geschnidden, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to cut, to carve
Conjugation edit
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | schneiden | |
| participle | geschnidden | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | schneiden | — |
| 2nd singular | schneits | schneit |
| 3rd singular | schneit | — |
| 1st plural | schneiden | — |
| 2nd plural | schneit | schneit |
| 3rd plural | schneiden | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||