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No. 14,983 in German

schneien

"Schneien" means "to snow."

In a sentence

  • Es beginnt heute früh zu schneien.

    It is starting to snow early today.

    In this sentence, 'schneien' is used as a verb indicating the weather phenomenon of snow falling from the sky.

  • Letztes Jahr hat es viel geschneit.

    Last year, it snowed a lot.

    Here, 'schneien' is used in its past participle 'geschneit' to describe a completed snow event.

  • Wenn es wieder schneit, können wir einen Schneemann bauen.

    If it snows again, we can build a snowman.

    In this case, 'schneien' is used in its present tense subjunctive mood to express a conditional scenario.

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