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
| Weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | snuwen | |
| 3rd sg. past | — | |
| 3rd pl. past | — | |
| Past participle | — | |
| Infinitive | snuwen | |
| In genitive | snuwens | |
| In dative | snuwene | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | snuwe | — |
| 2nd singular | snuus, snuwes | — |
| 3rd singular | snuut, snuwet | — |
| 1st plural | snuwen | — |
| 2nd plural | snuut, snuwet | — |
| 3rd plural | snuwen | — |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | snuwe | — |
| 2nd singular | snuus, snuwes | — |
| 3rd singular | snuwe | — |
| 1st plural | snuwen | — |
| 2nd plural | snuut, snuwet | — |
| 3rd plural | snuwen | — |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | snu, snuwe | |
| Plural | snuut, snuwet | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | snuwende | — |