Schnee
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German snē, from Old High German snēo from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”). Cognate with German Schnee, Dutch sneeuw, English snow, Icelandic snær.
Pronunciation
Noun
Schnee m (plural Schnee, diminutive Schneeli or Schneewli)
German
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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 descended from the Proto-Indo-European noun *snígʷʰs (“snow”).[1]
Both nouns are ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European verb *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Schnee m (genitive Schnees, no plural)
- (uncountable, meteorology) snow
- Der Schnee schmilzt, wegen des heißen Wetters.
- The snow is melting because of the hot weather.
- Der Schnee schmilzt, wegen des heißen Wetters.
- (uncountable, figuratively) snow (static on TV set etc.)
- (uncountable, slang) cocaine
Declension
Synonyms
- (static on the TV): Rauschen n
Derived terms
Related terms
References
Further reading
- “Schnee” in Duden online
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German snē, from Old High German snēo from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Schnee m
Related terms
- schnëe (“to 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
Plautdietsch
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Schnee m
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