Meaning

3 senses

  1. A fairy tale, the best-known version of Schneewittchen collected by the Brothers Grimm, in which a beautiful young girl is targeted by a jealous queen and tended by dwarfs.

  2. The main character in that story.

  3. A fictional character in the fairy tale Snow-White and Rose-Red, from Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot collected by the Brothers Grimm.

    Schneewittchen, Schneeweißchen

    Белосне́жкаBelosnéžka, Беляно́чкаBeljanóčka

    Білосні́жкаBilosnížka

Examples

37 sentences

  1. In the snow, the white rabbits were invisible.

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  2. Why is snow white?

    ruПочему снег белый? — nadya

    deWarum ist Schnee weiß? — al_ex_an_der

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  3. She is as beautiful as Snow White.

    ruОна красива, как Белоснежка. — odexed

    deSie ist so schön wie Schneewittchen. — Esperantostern

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  4. It's really snow white.

    Воно дійсно білосніжне. — iceman

    ruДействительно белоснежное. — Hellerick

    deEs ist wirklich schneeweiß. — Wolf

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  5. The snow is white.

    Сніг білий. — deniko

    ruСнег белый. — al_ex_an_der

    deDer Schnee ist weiß. — al_ex_an_der

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
character from Snow White (Schneewittchen):
Русский
By meaning 2
character from Snow White (Schneewittchen):
character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot):
Deutsch
By meaning 2
character from Snow White (Schneewittchen):
character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot):

Origin

Calque of German Schneewittchen (literally “white as snow”).

Calque of German Schneewittchen (literally “white as snow”).

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Forms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
snoutsnowA1snowballB2snowbird
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