German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German snīen, from Old High German sniwan, from Proto-West Germanic *snīwan, from Proto-Germanic *snīwaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʃnaɪən]
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  • Hyphenation: schnei‧en

Verb

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schneien (weak or class 1 strong, third-person singular present schneit, past tense schneite or (regional, Upper German) schnie, past participle geschneit or (regional, Upper German) geschnien, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (impersonal) to snow [auxiliary haben]
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to fall in large quantities like snow [auxiliary sein]
    Die Herbstblätter schneiten auf den Waldboden.
    The autumn leaves fell like snow upon the forest floor.
  3. (intransitive, colloquial) to show up or turn up unannounced [auxiliary sein]

Usage notes

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  • In the sense of "to snow", schneien is rarely used in any person other than third person singular with the subject es.
  • The normal past participle is weak geschneit. The strong form geschnien is regional and chiefly restricted to Upper German areas.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • schneien” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schneien” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schneien” in Duden online
  • schneien” in OpenThesaurus.de

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Old High German sniwan, from Proto-Germanic *snīwaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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schneien (third-person singular present schneit, past participle geschneit, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to snow