snuit

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snœy̯t/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: snuit
  • Rhymes: -œy̯t

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch snuut, from Old Dutch *snūt, from Proto-West Germanic *snūt, from Proto-Germanic *snūtaz. Cognate with English snout, German Schnauze.

Noun

snuit m (plural snuiten, diminutive snuitje n)

  1. a snout, a muzzle
  2. (by analogy, mainly human) A face, a facial expression
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • een snuit trekken
  • in het snuitje hebben
  • op z'n snuit kijken
Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: snùit

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

snuit

  1. inflection of snuiten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

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