snoeien

Etymology
From. Further etymology is, although several theories exist:
 * One theory suggests a common source with Old High German, but a lack of other cognates makes this unlikely;
 * In older texts, and dialectally, the word is synonymous with, which originally referred to picking fruits or other crops;
 * A link has been suggested to a group of words starting with sn-, which all refer to a "pointed protruding head or beak", such as and ;
 * Perhaps a merging of and.

Verb

 * 1)  to prune