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sneeuw.

snow (frozen precipitation)

6 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/sneːu̯/
  1. snow (frozen precipitation)

    feminine · no-diminutive · uncountable
    Kinderen zijn dol op spelen in de sneeuw tijdens de winter.
    Er ligt een dikke laag sneeuw op de straten na de hevige sneeuwval.
  2. snow, static, noise (on a display screen)

    feminine · no-diminutive · uncountable
    Het televisiesignaal is niet goed; ik zie alleen maar sneeuw op het scherm.
    De oude monitor vertoont veel sneeuw en storing.
  3. cocaine

    feminine · no-diminutive · slang · uncountable
    Het is bekend dat sommige feestgangers sneeuw gebruiken op dit soort evenementen.
    Het bezit en gebruik van sneeuw zijn illegaal in de meeste landen.
Where this word comes from

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.

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