snige

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sníkja, from Proto-Germanic *snīkaną, cognate with Norwegian snike, Swedish snika, English sneak. In Old West Norse, the verb has a weak conjugation, but it is a strong verb in the continental Scandinavian languages and in Old English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sniːə/, [ˈsniːi]

Verb

snige (past tense sneg, past participle sneget)

1. (transitive, rare) to sneak, slip
2. (reflexive, intransitive) to sneak, creep
3. (reflexive, intransitive) to do on the sly

Conjugation

Inflection of snige

	present	past
simple	sniger	sneg
perfect	har sneget	havde sneget
passive	sniges	—
participle	snigende	sneget
imperative	snig	—
infinitive	snige	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	snigen	—

Derived terms

• indsnige
• snige ind
• snige udenom
• snigløbe
• snigmorder
• snigskytte
• tilsnige

 

References

• “snige” in Den Danske Ordbog