snuten
Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch *snūten, from Proto-West Germanic *snūtijan.
Verb
[edit]snuten
Inflection
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “snuten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “snuten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]snuten m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]snuten m
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]snuten
- definite singular of snut
- (slang, possibly derogatory) the police (considered collectively)
- Synonyms: Farbror Blå, aina, bängen, grisen, bylingen
- Snuten kommer!
- The cops are coming!
Usage notes
[edit]Sometimes used ironically by police officers themselves. Usually less derogatory compared to other slang terms.
Participle
[edit]snuten
- past participle of snyta
Categories:
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle Dutch lemmas
- Middle Dutch verbs
- Middle Dutch weak verbs
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål noun forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms
- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish noun forms
- Swedish slang
- Swedish derogatory terms
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- Swedish past participles