schneeweiß
Appearance
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German snēwīz, from Old High German *snēwīz, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz, equivalent to Schnee + weiß.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]schneeweiß (strong nominative masculine singular schneeweißer, not comparable)
- snow-white, white as snow, pure white
- 1911, Erwin Rosen [pseudonym; Erwin Carlé], Der Deutsche Lausbub in Amerika [The German prankster in America], page 226:
- […] jede Frau hätte den ungeheuren Herd, die Köche in schneeweißen Anzügen, die blitzende Sauberkeit überall staunend bewundert.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of schneeweiß (uncomparable)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Russian: белосне́жный (belosnéžnyj) (calque)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “schneeweiß” in Duden online
- “schneeweiß” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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