Schnee
See also: schnee
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German snê, from Old High German snēo, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃneː/
Noun
Schnee m (plural Schnee, diminutive Schneeli or Schneewli)
German
Etymology
From Middle High German snê, from Old High German snēo, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃneː/
- Rhymes: -eː
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Schnee
Noun
Schnee m (strong, genitive Schnees, no plural)
- (uncountable, meteorology) snow
- Der Schnee schmilzt wegen des heißen Wetters.
- The snow is melting because of the hot weather.
- (uncountable, figuratively) snow (static on TV set etc.)
- (uncountable, slang) cocaine
Declension
Declension of Schnee [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Synonyms
- (static on the TV): Rauschen n
Hyponyms
- Altschnee
- Apfelschnee
- Birnenschnee
- Eierschnee
- Eischnee
- Firnschnee
- Flugschnee
- Hartschnee
- Hexenschnee
- Kartoffelschnee
- Kunstschnee
- Nassschnee
- Neuschnee
- Pulverschnee
- Tiefschnee
Derived terms
Related terms
- Schnee von gestern
- Schneeball
- schneebedeckt
- Schneeberg
- Schneebesen
- schneeblind
- Schneeblindheit
- Schneefall
- Schneeflocke
- schneefrei
- Schneegestöber
- Schneeglöckchen
- Schneekanone
- Schneemann
- Schneepflug
- Schneeregen
- schneereich
- Schneereifen
- Schneeschaf
- Schneeschauer
- Schneeschmelze
- schneesicher
- Schneesturm
- Schneeverwehung
- schneeweiß
- Schneewittchen
- Schneeziege
See also
References
- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Schnee”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
Further reading
- “Schnee” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Schnee” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schnee” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Schnee” in Duden online
- Schnee on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German snê, from Old High German snēo, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃneː/
- Rhymes: -eː
- Syllabification: Schnee
Noun
Schnee m
Related terms
- schnëe (“to snow”)
Further reading
- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Schnee”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 144
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German snê, from Old High German snēo, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw.
Noun
Schnee m
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German snê, from Old Saxon snēo, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃnɔɪ/
Noun
Schnee m