snoeien

== Dutch == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle Dutch snoeyen. Further etymology is unknown, although several theories exist: One theory suggests a common source with Old High German nōen (“to carve, to shave off”), but a lack of other cognates makes this unlikely; In older texts, and dialectally, the word is synonymous with snoepen (“to snack, to eat something tasty”), which originally referred to picking fruits or other crops; A link has been suggested to a group of words starting with sn-, which all refer to a "pointed protruding head or beak", such as snavel (“beak”) and snuit (“snout”); Perhaps a merging of snijden (“to cut”) and groeien (“to grow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsnui̯ə(n)/ Rhymes: -ui̯ən Hyphenation: snoe‧ien === Verb === snoeien(ambitransitive) (horticulture) to prune (trim a tree or shrub) Snoeien doet groeien. ― Pruning causes growth. (figuratively) to prune (cut down or shorten) een begroting of een essay snoeien ― pruning a budget or an essay ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bijsnoeien snoeier snoeimes snoeischaar ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: snoei → Papiamentu: snui, snoei