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schneien

Meaning

  1. (class-1, impersonal, strong, weak) to snow
  2. (class-1, figuratively, intransitive, strong, weak) to fall in large quantities like snow
  3. (class-1, colloquial, intransitive, strong, weak) to show up or turn up unannounced

Frequency

21k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schneie

Fribourg

Fribourg

schnie

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈʃnaɪən]
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German snīen, from Old High German snīwan, from Proto-West Germanic *snīwan, from Proto-Germanic *snīwaną.

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