sneeuw

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine, uncountable) snow (frozen precipitation)
2. (feminine, uncountable) snow, static, noise (on a display screen)
3. (feminine, slang, uncountable) cocaine

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of sneeuwen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of sneeuwen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of sneeuwen:

Synoniemen

coke

cocaïne

sneeuwval

wit

sneeuwbui

kogge

cocaïne

basterdsuiker

borie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/sneːu̯/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelnederlands: snêe

Overgenomen van Old Dutch: snēo

Verwant aan Duits: Schnee

In summary

From Middle Dutch snêe, from Old Dutch snēo, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz.
The predominant form in earlier Modern Dutch was snee (compare German Schnee). The form sneeuw, which continues the Middle Dutch inflected stem, was reinforced by the verb sneeuwen (“to snow”). The sense "cocaine" (attested 1934) is a semantic loan from English snow.