schneien
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German snīen, from Old High German snīwan, from Proto-West Germanic *snīwan, from Proto-Germanic *snīwaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]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)
- (impersonal) to snow [auxiliary haben]
- (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.
- (intransitive, colloquial) to show up or turn up unannounced [auxiliary sein]
Usage notes
[edit]- 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
[edit]infinitive | schneien | ||||
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present participle | schneiend | ||||
past participle | geschneit geschnien1 | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schneie | wir schneien | i | ich schneie | wir schneien |
du schneist | ihr schneit | du schneiest | ihr schneiet | ||
er schneit | sie schneien | er schneie | sie schneien | ||
preterite | ich schneite ich schnie1 |
wir schneiten wir schnien1 |
ii | ich schneite2 ich schnie1,2 |
wir schneiten2 wir schnien1,2 |
du schneitest du schniest1 |
ihr schneitet ihr schniet1 |
du schneitest2 du schniest1,2 |
ihr schneitet2 ihr schniet1,2 | ||
er schneite er schnie1 |
sie schneiten sie schnien1 |
er schneite2 er schnie1,2 |
sie schneiten2 sie schnien1,2 | ||
imperative | schnei (du) schneie (du) |
schneit (ihr) |
1Regional, Upper German.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
1Regional, Upper German.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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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[edit]Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German sniwan, from Proto-Germanic *snīwaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]schneien (third-person singular present schneit, past participle geschneit, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to snow
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