Schnee

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Alemannic German

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Etymology

From Middle High German snê, from Old High German snēo, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw.

Pronunciation

Noun

Schnee m (plural Schnee, diminutive Schneeli or Schneewli)

  1. snow

German

Schnee in Finnland (1)
Schnee (2)

Etymology

From Middle High German snê, from Old High German snēo, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Schnee m (strong, 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. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Schnee”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

Hunsrik

Schnee in Brasil

Etymology

From Middle High German snê, from Old High German snēo, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw.

Pronunciation

Noun

Schnee m

  1. snow

Related terms

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German snê, from Old High German snēo, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw.

Noun

Schnee m

  1. snow

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German snê, from Old Saxon snēo, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw.

Pronunciation

Noun

Schnee m

  1. snow