reinschneien
German, verb[ˈʁaɪ̯nˌʃnaɪ̯ən]
reinschneien is spelled R-E-I-N-S-C-H-N-E-I-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written German, the 579,518th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reinschneien is a German verb meaning “alternative form of hereinschneien” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in das Innere von etwas schneien”.
What does reinschneien mean in English?
verb
- 1
alternative form of hereinschneien
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 reinschneien
- schneit rein present singular third-person
- schneite rein past
- reingeschneit participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- reinschneiend participle present
- reinzuschneien infinitive infinitive-zu
- schneie rein first-person indicative present
- schneien rein first-person indicative plural
- schneist rein indicative present second-person
- schneiest rein second-person singular subjunctive
- schneiet rein plural second-person subjunctive
- schneiten rein first-person indicative plural
- schneitest rein indicative preterite second-person
- schneitet rein indicative plural preterite
- schnei rein! imperative singular
- schneie rein! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reinschneien?
- [ˈʁaɪ̯nˌʃnaɪ̯ən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is reinschneien in German?
reinschneien 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).