snuiven

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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]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsnœy̯.və(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: snui‧ven
  • Rhymes: -œy̯vən

Verb[edit]

snuiven

  1. to sniff

Inflection[edit]

Inflection 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
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