snuiven
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch snuyven, from Old Dutch *snūvan, from Proto-West Germanic *sneufan, from Proto-Germanic *sneufaną (“to breathe, puff, blow, snort”), imitative of drawing air through the nose, related to Middle High German snūfen, German schnauben.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
snuiven
- to sniff
Inflection edit
| Conjugation of snuiven (strong class 2b) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | snuiven | |||
| past singular | snoof | |||
| past participle | gesnoven | |||
| infinitive | snuiven | |||
| gerund | snuiven n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | snuif | snoof | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | snuift | snoof | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | snuift | snoof | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | snuift | snooft | ||
| 3rd person singular | snuift | snoof | ||
| plural | snuiven | snoven | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | snuive | snove | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | snuiven | snoven | ||
| imperative sing. | snuif | |||
| imperative plur.1 | snuift | |||
| participles | snuivend | gesnoven | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: sneif