schnöde

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Etymology

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From Middle High German snoede, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *snauþuz (bald, naked, poor), from Proto-Indo-European *ksnéw-tu-s, from the root *ksnew- (to scrape, sharpen). Cognates include Dutch snood, sneu and Old Norse snauðr.

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Adjective

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schnöde (strong nominative masculine singular schnöder, comparative schnöder, superlative am schnödesten)

  1. despicable, vile

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