schneien

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃnaɪən]

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• Hyphenation: schnei‧en

schneien (weak or class 1 strong, third-person singular present schneit, past tense schneite or (regional, Upper German) schnie, past participle geschneit or (regional, Upper German) geschnien, auxiliary haben or sein)

1. (impersonal) to snow [auxiliary haben]
2. (intransitive, figurative) to fall in large quantities like snow [auxiliary sein]

   Die Herbstblätter schneiten auf den Waldboden.

   The autumn leaves fell like snow upon the forest floor.

3. (intransitive, colloquial) to show up or turn up unannounced [auxiliary sein]

• In the sense of "to snow", schneien is rarely used in any person other than third person singular with the subject es.
• The normal past participle is weak geschneit. The strong form geschnien is regional and chiefly restricted to Upper German areas.

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• einschneien
• hereinschneien
• zuschneien

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• scheinen
• schienen

From Old High German sniwan, from Proto-Germanic *snīwaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃnɑɪ̯ən/

schneien (third-person singular present schneit, past participle geschneit, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to snow