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)

  1. snow

German
Schnee in Finnland (1)
Schnee (2)

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)

  1. (uncountable, meteorology) snow
    Der Schnee schmilzt wegen des heißen Wetters.
    The snow is melting because of the hot weather.
  2. (uncountable, figuratively) snow (static on TV set etc.)
  3. (uncountable, slang) cocaine

Declension
Declension of Schnee [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Schnee
genitive eines des Schnees
dative einem dem Schnee
accusative einen den Schnee

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Schnee”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading
  • “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
Schnee in Brasil

Etymology

From Middle High German snê, from Old High German snēo, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃneː/

Noun

Schnee m

  1. snow
  • schnëe (“to snow”)

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German snê, from Old High German snēo, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw.

Noun

Schnee m

  1. snow

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German snê, from Old Saxon snēo, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃnɔɪ/

Noun

Schnee m

  1. snow
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