schneiden.
to cut; to carve; to slice
Meaning & usage
to cut; to carve; to slice
Das Messer schneidet nicht mehr.
to pare; to clip; to mow; to prune; to trim
to cut (someone) off; to cut in on (someone)
to edit
to intersect
Die beiden Straßen schneiden sich.
to cut (oneself)
to delude (oneself); to become mistaken; (in the perfect tenses) to be deluded, to have another think coming
to avoid someone (to cut someone)
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German snīden, from Old High German snīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *snīþan (“to cut”). Cognate with Dutch snijden (“to cut, carve, intersect”), Low German snieden (“to cut”), dialectal English snithe (“to cut”) (related to snide), Swedish snida (“to carve, engrave”), Icelandic sníða (“to trim, tailor”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.