Schnee

• schnee, schné, schnia, schnei, schnìj

From Middle High German snē, from Old High German snēo from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”). Cognate with German Schnee, Dutch sneeuw, English snow, Icelandic snær.

• IPA^(key): /ʃneː/

Schnee m (plural Schnee, diminutive Schneeli or Schneewli)

1. snow

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 descended from the Proto-Indo-European noun *snígʷʰs (“snow”).[1]

Both nouns are ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European verb *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃneː/
• Rhymes: -eː

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Schnee m (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

• (static on the TV): Rauschen n

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• Schnee in Duden online

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

• IPA^(key): /ʃneː/

Schnee m

1. snow

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Middle High German snē, from Old High German snēo from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”). Compare German Schnee, Dutch sneeuw, English snow, Swedish snö.

Schnee m

1. snow

Schnee m

1. snow