snijden

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • snijen (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sniden, from Old Dutch snīthan, from Proto-West Germanic *snīþan, from Proto-Germanic *snīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sneyt- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsnɛi̯də(n)/, /ˈsnɛi̯ə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: snij‧den
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən

Verb

snijden

  1. (transitive) to cut
    Ze is een appel aan het snijden. ― She is cutting an apple.
    Hij sneed de groenten voor het diner. ― He cut the vegetables for dinner.
    Pas op dat je jezelf niet snijdt met dat mes. ― Be careful not to cut yourself with that knife.

Conjugation

Conjugation of snijden (strong class 1, slightly irregular)
infinitive snijden
past singular sneed
past participle gesneden
infinitive snijden
gerund snijden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular snij, snijd sneed
2nd person sing. (jij) snijdt, snij2, snijd2 sneed
2nd person sing. (u) snijdt sneed
2nd person sing. (gij) snijdt sneedt
3rd person singular snijdt sneed
plural snijden sneden
subjunctive sing.1 snijde snede
subjunctive plur.1 snijden sneden
imperative sing. snij, snijd
imperative plur.1 snijdt
participles snijdend gesneden
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

nouns
verbs

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: sni, snie, śini
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