sneeuwen

Sneeuwen is a Dutch verb meaning to snow, i.e., for snow to fall from the sky. It is primarily used to describe weather and is usually framed with the impersonal subject het (it). In ordinary speech the most common form is het sneeuwt, meaning it is snowing. The infinitive is sneeuwen; the regular past tense form is het sneeuwde, and in perfect constructions one says het heeft gesneeuwd.

The past participle is gesneeuwd, used in present perfect statements such as Het heeft gesneeuwd. The verb belongs to the standard class of Dutch -en verbs; its present tense forms center on the stem sneeuw- with the typical -t ending in the third-person singular.

Etymology and usage notes: Sneeuwen is formed from the noun sneeuw (snow) with the common Dutch verb suffix -en. The infinitive sneeuwen is far less common in everyday speech than the fixed weather expression het sneeuwt. In literary or grammatical contexts, sneeuwen may appear to describe snowing in a broader or more descriptive sense.

See also: Sneeuw, Weather.