schnöde

German

Alternative forms

• schnöd

Etymology

From Middle High German snoede, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *snauþuz (“bald, naked, poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ksnéw-tu-s, from the root *ksnew- (“to scrape, sharpen”). Cognates include Dutch snood, sneu and Old Norse snauðr.

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Adjective

schnöde (comparative schnöder, superlative am schnödesten)

1. despicable, vile

Further reading

• “schnöde” in Duden online