Schnee

See also: schnee

Alemannic German

Forms

Etymology

From Middle High German snē, from Old High German snēo from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃneː/

Noun

Schnee m (plural Schnee, diminutive Schneeli or Schneewli)

  1. snow

German

Schnee in Finnland (1)
Schnee (2)

Etymology

From Middle High German snē, from Old High German snēo from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”).

Cognates include Dutch sneeuw, Old English snāw (English snow), Old Norse snær, Icelandic snjór, Swedish snö, Gothic 𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (snaiws), Czech sníh, Russian снег (sneg), Serbo-Croatian сније̑г/snijȇg, Lithuanian sniẽgas, Sanskrit स्नेह (snéha, “greasiness, slime, any body fluid”). Irish sneachta, Latin nix, nivis, and Ancient Greek νίφα (nípha) are from the related Proto-Indo-European root *snígʷʰs [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃneː/
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Schnee

Noun

Schnee m (genitive Schnees, no plural)

  1. (uncountable, meteorology) snow
    Der Schnee schmilzt, wegen des heißen Wetters.
    The snow is melting because of the hot weather.
  2. (uncountable, figuratively) snow (static on TV set etc.)
  3. (uncountable, slang) cocaine

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References

  1. ↑ Pfeifer, Wolfgang. 1995, 2005. Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen. München: dtv. →ISBN.

Further reading

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German snē, from Old High German snēo from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃneː/

Noun

Schnee m

  1. snow

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German snē, from Old High German snēo from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”). Compare German Schnee, Dutch sneeuw, English snow, Swedish snö.

Noun

Schnee m

  1. snow

Plautdietsch

Noun

Schnee m

  1. snow
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