schneidn

From Middle High German snīden, from Old High German snīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *snīþan (“to cut”). Cognate with German schneiden (“to cut, carve, slice, intersect”), Dutch snijden (“to cut, carve, intersect”), Low German snieden (“to cut”), dialectal English snithe (“to cut”) (related to snide), Swedish snida (“to carve, engrave”), Icelandic sníða (“to trim, tailor”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃnɑɛ̯n̪ː/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃnæːn̪ː/ (East Central, Vienna)

schneidn (past participle gschnidn)

1. to cut; to carve; to slice

   As Papier muasst schneidn. ― You have to cut the paper.

2. to pare; to clip; to mow; to prune; to trim

   Du soitast wieder amoi as Grås schneidn låssa. ― You should get the grass clipped again.

3. (driving, figuratively) to cut (someone) off; to cut in on (someone)

   Gestern håt mi ana auf da Kreizung gschnidn. ― Yesterday someone cut me off on the junction.

4. (film) to edit

   Der Füm is schlecht gschnidn. ― This film is badly edited.

5. (transitive or reflexive) to intersect

   De zwoa Stråßn schneidn se. ― Both streets intersect.

6. (reflexive) to cut (oneself)

   Mei Schwester håd se bes mit am Messer gschnidn. ― My sister cut herself badly with a knive.

7. (reflexive, in the perfect) to delude (oneself); to become mistaken

   Wannst glabst, dass d' mit dem durchkimmst, nåcher håst di gschnidn. ― You're deluded if you think you could get away with that.

8. to avoid somebody (to cut someone)

   Seit dem Vuafoi schneidn eam ålle. ― Since the incident everyone cuts him.