Es schneit. Otti fängt Schneeflocken. It's snowing. Otti catches snowflakes.

verb · A1

schneien

[ˈʃnaɪ̯ən]

to snow

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Fahrt ihr Schlitten, wenn es schneit?

Do you go sledging when it snows?
Es schneit! Wir ziehen warme Jacken an.

It's snowing! We're putting on warm jackets.
Es schneit, und Kalle läuft glücklich durch den Wald.

It's snowing, and Kalle is walking happily through the forest.

Present: er/sie/es schneit What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum): er/sie/es schneite The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt): er/sie/es hat geschneit The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person	Präsens	Präteritum	Perfekt
er/sie/es	schneit	schneite	hat geschneit

Präsens: What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum: The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt: The past in conversation.

More Tenses and Moods

Indikativ
Person	Plusquamperfekt	Futur I	Futur II
er/sie/es	hatte geschneit	wird schneien	wird geschneit haben

Plusquamperfekt: What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I: Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II: What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.

schnei root en ending

der Schneeder Schneemanndie Schneeflockeverschneit

In Otti's situations: Otti and the weather

der Grad heiß der Himmel kalt kühl der Regen regnen scheinen der Schnee die Sonne sonnig warm

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