sneeuw

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sneːu̯/ Hyphenation: sneeuw Rhymes: -eːu̯ === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== sneeuw f (uncountable, no diminutive) snow (frozen precipitation) snow, static, noise (on a display screen) (slang) cocaine ===== Alternative forms ===== snee (now dialectal, otherwise obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: sneeu Negerhollands: sneew → Papiamentu: sneu, sneeuw → Sranan Tongo: snew === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== sneeuw inflection of sneeuwen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative ==== References ==== sneeuw – Woordenboek van Populair Taalgebruik