léiwen
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German liobōn. Compare German lieben, English love, West Frisian leavje, Icelandic lofa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɜɪ̯vən/
Verb
léiwen (third-person singular present léift, past participle geléift, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive, obsolete) to love
Usage notes
- This verb is obsolete in modern Luxembourgish; the construction gär hunn is used instead (see gär for more details).
Conjugation
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | léiwen | |
| participle | geléift | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | léiwen | — |
| 2nd singular | léifs | léif |
| 3rd singular | léift | — |
| 1st plural | léiwen | — |
| 2nd plural | léift | léift |
| 3rd plural | léiwen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
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