sniden

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch snīthan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsniːdən/

Verb

sniden

  1. to cut
  2. to cut short
  3. to divide

Inflection

Conjugation of sniden (strong class 1)
infinitive base form sniden
genitive snidens
dative snidene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular snide snêet snide snēde
2nd person singular snijts, snides snēets, snēdes snijts, snides snēdes
3rd person singular snijt, snidet snêet snide snēde
1st person plural sniden snēden sniden snēden
2nd person plural snijt, snidet snēet, snēdet snijt, snidet snēdet
3rd person plural sniden snēden sniden snēden
imperative
singular snijt, snide
plural snijt, snidet
present past
participle snidende gesnēden

Descendants

  • Dutch: snijden, snijen (dialectal)
  • Limburgish: snieje

Further reading

  • sniden”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “sniden”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German snīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *snīþan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈs̠niːdən/

Verb

snīden (class 1 strong, third-person singular present snīdet, past tense sneit, past participle gesniten, past subjunctive snite, auxiliary hān)

  1. to cut, to snithe

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “sniden”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon snithan (to cut).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sniːðən/

Verb

sniden

  1. to cut
  2. to cut off, to sever, to sunder
  3. to cut up, to cut to pieces, to shred
  4. to sell something in pieces and not as a whole
  5. to carve

Conjugation

Conjugation of sniden as a class 1 strong verb
plain infinitive snîden
full infinitive (gerund) tô snîdene or tô snîdende
verbal noun snîden or snîdent
participles imperative
present snîdende singular snît
past gesnēden plural snîdet
indicative subjunctive
present preterite present preterite
1st person singular snîde snêt snîde snēde
2nd person singular snîdest or snîtst snēdest snîdest snēdest
3rd person singular snîdet or snît snêt snîdet snēde
plural snîden (snîdet?) snēden snîden snēden

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsni.den/

Verb

sniden

  1. plural preterite subjunctive of snīþan

Participle

sniden

  1. past participle of snīþan

Old High German

Verb

snīdēn

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of snīdan