hereinschneien
German, verb/hɛˈʁaɪ̯nˌʃnaɪ̯ən/
hereinschneien is spelled H-E-R-E-I-N-S-C-H-N-E-I-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written German, the 579,518th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hereinschneien is a German verb meaning “to snow into” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in das Innere von etwas schneien”.
What does hereinschneien mean in English?
verb
- 1
to snow into
- 2
informalto pop in (to arrive casually and unannounced)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in das Innere von etwas schneien 2. überraschend/unangemeldet ankommen, bei etwas erscheinen (und so Befremden hervorrufen)
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 hereinschneien
- schneit herein present singular third-person
- schneite herein past
- hereingeschneit participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- hereinschneiend participle present
- hereinzuschneien infinitive infinitive-zu
- schneie herein first-person indicative present
- schneien herein first-person indicative plural
- schneist herein indicative present second-person
- schneiest herein second-person singular subjunctive
- schneiet herein plural second-person subjunctive
- schneiten herein first-person indicative plural
- schneitest herein indicative preterite second-person
- schneitet herein indicative plural preterite
- reinschneien abbreviation colloquial
- schnei herein! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hereinschneien?
- /hɛˈʁaɪ̯nˌʃnaɪ̯ən/
- [hɛˈʁaɪ̯nˌʃnaɪ̯ən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hereinschneien in German?
hereinschneien appears about once in every 85 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).