schneiden

German

Etymology

From Middle High German snīden, from Old High German snīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *snīþan (“to cut”).

Cognate with Dutch snijden (“to cut, carve, intersect”), Low German snieden (“to cut”), dialectal English snithe (“to cut”) (related to snide), Swedish snida (“to carve, engrave”), Icelandic sníða (“to trim, tailor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃnaɪ̯dn̩/, /ˈʃnaɪ̯dən/

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Verb

schneiden (class 1 strong, third-person singular present schneidet, past tense schnitt, past participle geschnitten, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to cut; to carve; to slice
2. (transitive) to pare; to clip; to mow; to prune; to trim
3. (transitive, driving, figuratively) to cut (someone) off; to cut in on (someone)
4. (transitive, film) to edit
5. (transitive or reflexive) to intersect

   Die beiden Straßen schneiden sich. ― Both streets intersect.

6. (reflexive) to cut (oneself)
7. (reflexive, colloquial) to delude (oneself); to become mistaken
8. to avoid somebody (to cut someone)

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Further reading

• “schneiden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “schneiden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “schneiden” in Duden online
• “schneiden” in OpenThesaurus.de
• “schneiden” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German snīden, from Old High German snīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *snīþan. Cognate with German schneiden, Dutch snijden, English snithe, Icelandic sníða.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃnɑɪ̯dən/

Verb

schneiden (third-person singular present schneit, past participle geschnidden, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to cut, to carve

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• Schneid