Alemannic German

Noun

Schnee m ‎(plural Schnee, diminutive Schneeli or Schneewli)

1. snow

German

Schnee in Finnland (1)

Schnee (2)

Etymology

From Middle High German snē, from Old High German snēo from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz ‎(“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos ‎(“snow”).

Cognates include Dutch sneeuw, Old English snāw (English snow), Old Norse snær, Icelandic snjór, Swedish snö, Gothic 𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 ‎(snaiws), Czech sníh, Russian снег ‎(sneg), Serbo-Croatian сније̑г/snijȇg, Lithuanian sniẽgas, Sanskrit स्नेह ‎(snéha, “greasiness, slime, any body fluid”). Irish sneachta, Latin nix, nivis, and Ancient Greek νίφα ‎(nípha) are from the related Proto-Indo-European root *snígʷʰs ^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃneː]
• IPA^(key): audio
• Rhymes: -eː
• Hyphenation: Schnee

Noun

Schnee m ‎(genitive Schnees, no plural)

1. (uncountable, meteorology) snow
2. (uncountable, figuratively) snow (static on TV set etc.)
3. (uncountable, slang) cocaine

Declension

Synonyms

• (static on the TV): Rauschen n

Derived terms

Related terms

• schneien

References

1. ↑ Pfeifer, Wolfgang. 1995, 2005. Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen. München: dtv. ISBN 3423325119.