sneu

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snøː/
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  • Hyphenation: sneu
  • Rhymes: -øː

Etymology 1

From a dialectal variant of snode.

Adjective

sneu (comparative sneuer, superlative sneust)

  1. pitiful, pathetic, sad
    Hebt ge RSI?? Goh, da's sneu...
    You got RSI?? Phew, that's too bad...
    sneu geld
    wasted money
  2. disappointed
    een sneu gezicht trekken
    pull a long face
Inflection
Inflection of sneu
uninflected sneu
inflected sneue
comparative sneuer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial sneusneuerhet sneust
het sneuste
indefinite m./f. sing. sneuesneueresneuste
n. sing. sneusneuersneuste
plural sneuesneueresneuste
definite sneuesneueresneuste
partitive sneussneuers

Adverb

sneu

  1. pitiful, pathetic, sad
    Sneu gelopen!
    That went badly!
  2. disappointed
    er sneu uitzien
    cut a sorry figure

Synonyms

Etymology 2

From English snood.

Noun

sneu f (plural sneuen, diminutive sneuke n)

  1. (fishing) any of the branch lines with baited hooks off a longline ("beug"); snood, gangion

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch sneeuw.

Noun

sneu

  1. snow
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