שנויץ

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German *snuze, from Old High German *snūz, from Proto-West Germanic *snūt. Cognate with German Schnauze, English snout.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃnɔɪ̯t͡s/
  • (Northeastern) IPA(key): [ˈʃnɔɪ̯t͡s]
  • (Mideastern) IPA(key): [ˈʃnoʊ̯t͡s], [ˈʃnoːt͡s]
  • Hyphenation: שנויץ

Noun

שנויץ • (shnoyts) m, plural שנויצן (shnoytsn)

  1. snout
  2. prow (ship)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • >? English: schnozz

References

  • Paul Abelson (1915), “snout”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press, page 1368
  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “שנויץ” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
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