schnijje

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• schnie'e (Krefeld)
• snije (Maastrichtian)
• sjnieje (Roermond, Sittard, Voeren)
• snieje (various dialects)

Etymology

From earlier snidjen, from Proto-West Germanic *snīþan, from Proto-Germanic *snīþaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃni.jə/
• Hyphenation: schnij‧je
• Rhymes: -ijə

Verb

schnijje (third-person singular present schnitt, preterite schnéët, past participle geschnéë)

1. (Eupen, transitive) to cut; to carve; to slice
2. (Eupen, transitive) to pare; to clip; to mow; to prune; to trim
3. (Eupen, transitive or reflexive) to intersect
4. (Eupen, reflexive) to cut (oneself)