schnöde
Meaning
despicable, vile
Concepts
Synonyms
grau in grau
geisttötend
geringschätzig
stupid
stupide
verachtungsvoll
Translations
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German snoede, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *snauþuz (“bald, naked, poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ksnéw-tu-s, from the root *ksnew- (“to scrape, sharpen”). Cognates include Dutch snood, sneu and Old Norse snauðr.
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