snijd

Snijd is not a standalone entry in standard Dutch; it is best understood as a nonstandard inflected form related to the verb snijden, which means to cut or slice. In contemporary Dutch, the verb is snijden, with present tense forms ik snij, jij snijdt, hij snijdt, wij snijden, jullie snijden, zij snijden. The imperative is Snij (singular) and Snijdt (plural or polite). The past participle is gesneden. Because snijd does not occur as a normal present or imperative form on its own, it is usually considered a misspelling, a typographical error, or a fragment extracted from a longer stem.

Etymology and related forms: The verb snijden comes from Middle Dutch snijden and has cognates in other Germanic languages, such as German schneiden and English cut. The base form snij- appears in many derived words and compounds, such as snijwerk (cutting work), snijmachine (cutting machine), or snijvlak (cut surface).

Linguistic notes: When encountered in text, snijd is typically interpreted as an accidental misspelling of snij or snijdt. It is not listed as a separate lemma in standard Dutch dictionaries. The proper inflected forms for the present tense and the imperative should be used to reflect the subject and mood correctly. The root form used in compounds and nominalizations is the stem snij- or the infinitive snijden.

See also: snijden, snij- as a stem in compounds, gesneden as the past participle, related German and English cognates (schneiden, to cut).