Schneise

German

Alternative forms

  • Schnaid, Schnaide, Schnais, Schnaise, Schnaiße, Schnede, Schneiße, Schneite, Schneuse, Schneuße (all obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German sneise, sneize (first attested as sneyße, 14th c.), from Old High German *sneisa, from Proto-West Germanic *snaisu, from Proto-Germanic *snaisō. Related to German schneiden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃnaɪ̯zə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯zə

Noun

Schneise f (genitive Schneise, plural Schneisen)

  1. a path cut into a location
    1. (forestry) aisle, swath, swathe
    2. (forestry) firebreak
    3. (aviation) corridor
  2. (dated) snare, sling, animal trap
    Synonyms: Schlinge, Dohne, Sprenkel

Declension

Derived terms

  • Anflugschneise
  • Ausflugschneise
  • Betonschneise
  • Brandschneise
  • Einflugschneise
  • Feuerschneise
  • Flughafenanflugschneise
  • Flugschneise
  • Landeschneise
  • Luftschneise
  • Schneise der Zerstörung (swath of destruction)
  • Urwaldschneise
  • Waldschneise

Further reading

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