schneiden
/ˈʃnaɪ̯dən/ verb C2- to cut; to carve; to slice · Das Messer schneidet nicht mehr. The knife won’t cut anymore.
- to pare; to clip; to mow; to prune; to trim
- to cut (someone) off; to cut in on (someone)
- to edit
- to intersect · Die beiden Straßen schneiden sich. Both streets intersect.
- to cut (oneself)
- to delude (oneself); to become mistaken; (in the perfect tenses) to be deluded, to have another think coming
- to avoid someone (to cut someone)
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- schneiden
- Present (er)
- schneidet
- Präteritum (er)
- schnitt
- Perfekt (er)
- hat geschnitten
- Infinitive with zu
- zu schneiden
A strong or irregular verb: its stem changes in some forms, so learn its main forms by heart.
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