"snoeien" meaning in Dutch

See snoeien in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈsnui̯ə(n)/ Audio: Nl-snoeien.ogg
Rhymes: -ui̯ən Etymology: Inherited from Middle Dutch snoeyen. Further etymology is unknown, although several theories exist: * One theory suggests a common source with Old High German nōen (“to carve, to shave off”), but a lack of other cognates makes this unlikely; * In older texts, and dialectally, the word is synonymous with snoepen (“to snack, to eat something tasty”), which originally referred to picking fruits or other crops; * A link has been suggested to a group of words starting with sn-, which all refer to a "pointed protruding head or beak", such as snavel (“beak”) and snuit (“snout”); * Perhaps a merging of snijden (“to cut”) and groeien (“to grow”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|nl|dum|snoeyen|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Dutch snoeyen, {{inh+|nl|dum|snoeyen}} Inherited from Middle Dutch snoeyen, {{unk|nl|nocap=1}} unknown Head templates: {{nl-verb}} snoeien, {{tlb|nl|ambitransitive}} (ambitransitive) Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-wk|snoei}} Forms: weak [table-tags], snoeien [infinitive], snoeien [gerund, neuter], snoei [first-person, present, singular], snoeide [first-person, past, singular], snoeit [present, second-person, singular], snoei [present, second-person, singular], snoeide [past, second-person, singular], snoeit [formal, present, second-person, singular], snoeide [formal, past, second-person, singular], snoeit [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], snoeit [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], snoeide [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], snoeide [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], snoeit [present, singular, third-person], snoeide [past, singular, third-person], snoeien [plural, present], snoeiden [past, plural], snoeie [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], snoeide [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], snoeien [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], snoeiden [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], snoei [imperative, present, singular], snoeit [archaic, imperative, plural, present], snoeiend [participle, present], gesnoeid [participle, past]
  1. (horticulture) to prune (trim a tree or shrub) Tags: ambitransitive
    Sense id: en-snoeien-nl-verb-dpMsRDV5 Categories (other): Horticulture, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle
  2. (figuratively) to prune (cut down or shorten) Tags: ambitransitive, figuratively
    Sense id: en-snoeien-nl-verb-dDHs7u76 Categories (other): Dutch terms with collocations, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bijsnoeien, snoeier, snoeimes, snoeischaar

Inflected forms

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      "parts": [
        "snoe",
        "ien"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "snoei"
      },
      "name": "nl-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with usage examples",
        "nl:Horticulture"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Pruning causes growth.",
          "text": "Snoeien doet groeien.",
          "translation": "Pruning causes growth.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to prune (trim a tree or shrub)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "horticulture",
          "horticulture"
        ],
        [
          "prune",
          "prune"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(horticulture) to prune (trim a tree or shrub)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ambitransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "agriculture",
        "business",
        "horticulture",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              27,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "pruning a budget or an essay",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "een begroting of een essay snoeien",
          "translation": "pruning a budget or an essay",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to prune (cut down or shorten)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prune",
          "prune"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) to prune (cut down or shorten)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ambitransitive",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsnui̯ə(n)/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-snoeien.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/15/Nl-snoeien.ogg/Nl-snoeien.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Nl-snoeien.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ui̯ən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "snoeien"
}

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