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schneiden.

to cut; to carve; to slice

9 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈʃnaɪ̯dən/[ˈʃnaɪ̯.d̚n̩]
  1. to cut; to carve; to slice

    class-1 · intransitive · strong · transitive
    Das Messer schneidet nicht mehr.
  2. to pare; to clip; to mow; to prune; to trim

    class-1 · intransitive · strong · transitive
  3. to cut (someone) off; to cut in on (someone)

    class-1 · figuratively · strong · transitive
  4. to edit

    class-1 · strong · transitive
  5. to intersect

    class-1 · reflexive · strong · transitive
    Die beiden Straßen schneiden sich.
  6. to cut (oneself)

    class-1 · reflexive · strong
  7. to delude (oneself); to become mistaken; (in the perfect tenses) to be deluded, to have another think coming

    class-1 · colloquial · reflexive · strong
  8. to avoid someone (to cut someone)

    class-1 · strong
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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