To Cut: Snijden, Knippen and Zagen

snijden 2 'to cut (with a knife)'
(het) mes 2 3 knife - more snijden below

knippen 'to cut (with scissors)'
(de) schaar scissors - more knipppen below

zagen 2 3 'to saw, cut (with a saw)'
(de) zaag 2 saw - more zagen below

Snijden

'to cut (with a knife)'
(het) mes 2 3 knife

Snijden 2 'to cut (with a knife)' is a strong verb:

snijden to cut (w/ knife)

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sneed cut

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gesneden cut

snijden		to cut (w/ knife)
ik snij(d)		I'm cutting
wij snijden		we're cutting
ik sneed		I was cutting
wij sneden		we were cutting
ik heb gesneden		I have cut

snijden	(to cut - with a knife)
snijden ik snijd jij snijdt hij snijdt wij snijden jullie snijden zij snijden U snijdt 2	(to cut) (I cut) (you cut) (he cuts) (we cut) (you cut) (they cut) (you cut)
(snijden) ik sneed jij sneed hij sneed wij sneden jullie sneden zij sneden U sneed	(to cut) (I cut) (you cut) (he cut) (we cut) (you cut) (they cut) (you cut)

ik heb gesneden I have cut (with a knife)

wij sneden we were cutting

D's are disappearing in a few first person singular, 'ik' ('I') present tense verb forms, and also in the 'jij' question mode:
ik snij 2 3
jij snijdt / snijd jij? you are cutting / are you cutting?

brood snijden slicing bread

snijbonen Italian beans

snijbonen snijden cutting up Italian beans

snijbloemen 'cut flowers,' a bouquet

(het) snijplankje cutting board

een gesneden brood a sliced loaf of bread gesneden tomaten 2 cut-up tomatoes

Ik houd niet van vlees snijden I don't like cutting meat Ik snijd het brood I'm cutting the bread Hij snijdt het brood He is cutting the bread Ik sneed het brood I was cuting the bread Snijd de tomaten terwijl je de champignons bakt 'Cut the tomatoes while you're sautéing the mushrooms' Het mes dat het touw doorsneed 2 3 The knife that cut the rope afsnijden 2 to cut off (with a knife) - and also figuratively

speksnijder [bacon-cutter] - chief harpooner (on a whaling ship) - 'specksnyder' in Herman Melville's Moby Dick (de) doorsnede 2 3 'diameter' (circle)
(de) keizersnede 2 3 'Caesarean, caesarean section') - Dutch (de) keizer means 'emperor' - from the Roman/Latin name 'Caesar.' Julius Caesar may have come into the world that way

sneetjes brood bread slices

Knippen

'to cut (with scissors)'
(de) schaar scissors

Knippen 'to cut (with scissors)'
is a weak verb of the 't kofschip class: verb stems ending in T, K, F, S, CH and P have simple past endings -TE and -TEN and its past participle ending is -T - more

knippen		to cut (w/ scissors)
ik knip		I'm cutting
wij knippen		we're cutting
ik knipte		I was cutting
wij knipten		we were cutting
ik heb geknipt		I have cut
		complete conjugation

knippen	(to cut - with scissors)
knippen ik knip jij knipt hij knipt wij knippen jullie knippen zij knippen U knipt	(to cut) (I cut) (you cut) (he cut) (we cut) (you cut) (they cut) (you cut)
(knippen) ik knipte jij knipte hij knipte wij knipten jullie knipten zij knipten U knipte 2	(to cut) (I cut) (you cut) (he cut) (we cut) (you cut) (they cut) (you cut)

ik heb geknipt I have cut (with scissors)

(het) nagelschaartje 2 nail scissors

haar knippen cutting hair
Ze knipt mijn haar 2 She cuts my hair / She is cutting my hair Knip de peterselie met een schaar 2 Cut the parsley [with a] using scissors

afknippen 2 3 to cut off (with scissors)

nagelknipper 2

kniptangen cutting pliers, wire cutters

(het) krantenknipsel 2 3 newspaper cutting (de) knipselkrant newspaper cuttings service

Zagen

'to saw, cut (wood, with a saw)'
(de) zaag 2 saw

zagen 2 3 'to saw, cut (with a saw)'
is a weak verb of the non-'t kofschip class: verb stems not ending in T, K, F, S, CH and P have simple past endings -DE and -DEN and its past participle ending is -D - more

zagen		to saw
ik zaag		I'm sawing
ik zaagde		I sawed
ik heb gezaagd		I have sawed

ik zaag I am cutting wood

zaag saw

zagen saws more saws

afzagen 2 3 to saw off, cut off (with a saw) afgezaagd 2 3 4 1. (past participle) cut off, sawed off
2. stale, boring, not new, 'annoyingly unoriginal' Ik heb de plank te kort afgezaagd 2 I cut (off) the board too short Vandaag moet ik een boom omzagen in Heelsum 2 3 Today I have to cut down a tree in Heelsum

wij zagen 1. we saw ‑>>
2. we are cutting wood

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