sneeuw

Meaning

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:

Concepts

snow

❄️

coke

grouser

snowfall

Snow White

toot

white horse

cocaine

gnar

street drug

nose candy

white lady

snowshower

Bolivian marching powder

coca

yola

Synonyms

coke

cocaïne

sneeuwval

wit

sneeuwbui

kogge

cocaïne

basterdsuiker

borie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sneːu̯/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: snêe

Inherited from Old Dutch: snēo

Cognate with German: 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.