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schneien

German, verb[ˈʃnaɪən]

schneien is a German verb meaning “to snow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Form von Schneeflocken vom Himmel fallen”.

What does schneien mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to snow

  2. 2

    to fall in large quantities like snow

    Die Herbstblätter schneiten auf den Waldboden.

  3. 3

    colloquialto show up or turn up unannounced

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. in Form von Schneeflocken vom Himmel fallen 2. irgendwo plötzlich unangekündigt auftauchen

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of schneien

  • schneit present singular third-person
  • schneite past
  • schnie Upper-German past regional
  • geschneit participle past
  • geschnien Upper-German participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • sein auxiliary
  • haben or sein auxiliary
  • schneiend participle present
  • schneie first-person indicative present
  • schneist indicative present second-person
  • schneiest second-person singular subjunctive
  • schneiet plural second-person subjunctive
  • schneiten first-person indicative plural
  • schnien Upper-German first-person indicative
  • schneitest indicative preterite second-person
  • schniest Upper-German indicative preterite
  • schneitet indicative plural preterite

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce schneien?

  • [ˈʃnaɪən]
  • [ˈʃnaɪ̯ən]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to schneien

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is schneien in German?

schneien appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).