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To Cut: Snijden, Knippen and Zagen

English 'to cut' is said in Dutch as three different verbs depending on the tools - 2 used:

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

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

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

Snijden

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

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

snijden
to cut (w/ knife)
- sneed
cut
- gesneden
cut
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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
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snijden (to cut - with a knife)
snijden
ik snijd
jij snijdt
hij snijdt
wij snijden
jullie snijden
zij snijden
U snijdt
click to hear 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
click to hear
(to cut)
(I cut)
(you cut)
(he cut)
(we cut)
(you cut)
(they cut)
(you cut)

ik heb gesneden click to hear I have cut (with a knife)

wij sneden click to hear 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 click to hear 2 3
jij snijdt / snijd jij? click to hear you are cutting / are you cutting?

[slicing bread]
brood snijden click to hear slicing bread
[Italian beans]
snijbonen click to hear Italian beans
[cutting Italian beans]
snijbonen snijden click to hear cutting up Italian beans
[cut flowers]
snijbloemen click to hear 'cut flowers,' a bouquet
[cutting board]
(het) snijplankje click to hear cutting board
(de) snijmaïs click to hear 2 3 green maize, animal feed corn

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

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

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

[slices of bread]
sneetjes brood click to hear bread slices

Knippen

knippen click to hear 'to cut (with scissors)'
(de) schaar click to hear scissors

Knippen click to hear 'to cut (with scissors)'
is a weak verb of the 't kofschip click to hear 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
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knippen (to cut - with scissors)
knippen
ik knip
jij knipt
hij knipt
wij knippen
jullie knippen
zij knippen
U knipt
click to hear
(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
click to hear 2
(to cut)
(I cut)
(you cut)
(he cut)
(we cut)
(you cut)
(they cut)
(you cut)

ik heb geknipt click to hear I have cut (with scissors)

[nail scissors]
(het) nagelschaartje click to hear 2 nail scissors

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

afknippen click to hear 2 3 to cut off (with scissors)

[nail clipper]
nagelknipper click to hear 2
[cutting pliers, wire cutters]
kniptangen click to hear cutting pliers, wire cutters
knipperen click to hear 2 to blink
(het) knipperlicht click to hear 2 blinking light
Ik gaf haar snel een knipoogje click to hear I quickly winked at her

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

Zagen

zagen click to hear 2 3 'to saw, cut (wood, with a saw)'
(de) zaag click to hear 2 saw

zagen click to hear 2 3 'to saw, cut (with a saw)'
is a weak verb of the non-'t kofschip click to hear 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
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[I am sawing, cutting wood]
ik zaag click to hear I am cutting wood
[a saw]
zaag click to hear saw
[saws]
zagen click to hear saws
more saws
(het) zaagsel click to hear sawdust

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

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

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