snuwen

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch snuwen, from Old Dutch *snīwan, from Proto-West Germanic *snīwan, from Proto-Germanic *snīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ-. Related but etymologically different from sneeuwen (to snow).

Verb[edit]

snuwen

  1. (archaic, dialectal) to snow
    Synonym: sneeuwen

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of snuwen (weak)
infinitive snuwen
past singular snuwde
past participle gesnuwd
infinitive snuwen
gerund snuwen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular snuw snuwde
2nd person sing. (jij) snuwt snuwde
2nd person sing. (u) snuwt snuwde
2nd person sing. (gij) snuwt snuwde
3rd person singular snuwt snuwde
plural snuwen snuwden
subjunctive sing.1 snuwe snuwde
subjunctive plur.1 snuwen snuwden
imperative sing. snuw
imperative plur.1 snuwt
participles snuwend gesnuwd
1) Archaic.

Alternative forms[edit]

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch *snīwan, from Proto-Germanic *snīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ-.

Verb[edit]

snuwen

  1. to snow

Inflection[edit]

Weak
Infinitive snuwen
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive snuwen
In genitive snuwens
In dative snuwene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular snuwe
2nd singular snuus, snuwes
3rd singular snuut, snuwet
1st plural snuwen
2nd plural snuut, snuwet
3rd plural snuwen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular snuwe
2nd singular snuus, snuwes
3rd singular snuwe
1st plural snuwen
2nd plural snuut, snuwet
3rd plural snuwen
Imperative Present
Singular snu, snuwe
Plural snuut, snuwet
Present Past
Participle snuwende

Alternative forms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Dutch: snuwen
  • Limburgish: snieë, snieëje

Further reading[edit]