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schneiden

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German snīden, from Old High German snīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *snīþan (“to cut”).

Cognate with Dutch snijden (“to cut, carve, intersect”), Low German snieden (“to cut”), dialectal English snithe (“to cut”) (related to snide), Swedish snida (“to carve, engrave”), Icelandic sníða (“to trim, tailor”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃnaɪ̯dn̩/, /ˈʃnaɪ̯dən/
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Verb

schneiden (class 1 strong, third-person singular present schneidet, past tense schnitt, past participle geschnitten, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to cut; to carve; to slice
    Das Messer schneidet nicht mehr.
    The knife won’t cut anymore.
  2. (transitive or intransitive) to pare; to clip; to mow; to prune; to trim
  3. (transitive, driving, figuratively) to cut (someone) off; to cut in on (someone)
  4. (transitive, film) to edit
  5. (transitive or reflexive) to intersect
    Die beiden Straßen schneiden sich. ― Both streets intersect.
  6. (reflexive) to cut (oneself)
  7. (reflexive, colloquial) to delude (oneself); to become mistaken; (in the perfect tenses) to be deluded, to have another think coming
  8. to avoid someone (to cut someone)

Conjugation

Conjugation of schneiden (class 1 strong, auxiliary haben)
More information infinitive, present participle ...

1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

Composed forms of schneiden (class 1 strong, auxiliary haben)
More information perfect, singular ...

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German snīden, from Old High German snīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *snīþan. Cognate with German schneiden, Dutch snijden, English snithe, Icelandic sníða.

Pronunciation

Verb

schneiden (third-person singular present schneit, past participle geschnidden, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to cut, to carve

Conjugation

More information infinitive, participle ...

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

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