I purport to speak German (only A level, and I never 'fell in love' with it as I did with French) and I'm wondering if the Schneewurz is just a general name (snow-plant) for a flower such as the snowdrop which pushes through the snow.

I'm afraid when I was learning German, my father would snort in disgust (he spent the entire War fighting them!) at my accurate but gutteral pronunciation. We had a very nice German chap at the grammar school (an assistant) whose accent was hochdeutsch.
But I absolutely hated chanting "Der, die das den dem denen deren dessen" and "Aus bei mit nach von zu zeit". And THREE genders! Nah.

Now I prefer a language called Broad Norfolk. I speak it fluently!