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snitt.

a cut

5 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. a cut

    common-gender · neuter

  2. an average

    common-gender · neuter

  3. (sur)face, section, cut (as a suffix)

    common-gender · neuter

  4. canapé, finger sandwich

    common · common-gender · neuter
Where this word comes from

First attested in the compound afsnit (“section”) by Gustavus Adolphus in 1621, from Old Swedish snīdh, snēdh, but effected by Middle Low German snit (German Schnitt; cf. schnitzen, Swedish snitsa), from Old Norse sníð, from Proto-Germanic *snīþaną. Related to snida (“to carve”). Doublet of sned and snits.

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