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”).
snuwen
| Conjugation 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, snuw2 | 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. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
From Old Dutch *snīwan, from Proto-Germanic *snīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ-.
snuwen
| infinitive | base form | snuwen | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | snuwens | ||||||
| dative | snuwene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | snuwe | — | snuwe | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | snuus, snuwes | — | snuus, snuwes | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | snuut, snuwet | — | snuwe | — | |||
| 1st person plural | snuwen | — | snuwen | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | snuut, snuwet | — | snuut, snuwet | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | snuwen | — | snuwen | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | snu, snuwe | ||||||
| plural | snuut, snuwet | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | snuwende | — | |||||