snuiven

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch snuyven, from Old Dutch *snūvan, from Proto-West Germanic *sneufan, from Proto-Germanic *sneufaną (“to breathe, puff, blow, snort”), imitative of drawing air through the nose, related to Middle High German snūfen, German schnauben.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnœy̯.və(n)/

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• Hyphenation: snui‧ven
• Rhymes: -œy̯vən

Verb

snuiven

1. to sniff

Inflection

Conjugation of snuiven (strong class 2b)
infinitive	snuiven
past singular	snoof
past participle	gesnoven
infinitive	snuiven
gerund	snuiven n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	snuif	snoof
2nd person sing. (jij)	snuift, snuif2	snoof
2nd person sing. (u)	snuift	snoof
2nd person sing. (gij)	snuift	snooft
3rd person singular	snuift	snoof
plural	snuiven	snoven
subjunctive sing.1	snuive	snove
subjunctive plur.1	snuiven	snoven
imperative sing.	snuif
imperative plur.1	snuift
participles	snuivend	gesnoven
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• cultuur snuiven
• opsnuiven
• snuiver

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: sneif