ruffen
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German ruofan, from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną. The short vowel seems to be irregular; the expected form is roufen, which is indeed a widespread dialectal variant. Cognate with German rufen, Dutch roepen, English roop, Swedish ropa, Icelandic hrópa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʀufən/
Verb
ruffen (third-person singular present rifft, past participle geruff, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (intransitive) to call out, to shout
- (transitive) to call
- (transitive) to invite; to ask (someone) to do something
Conjugation
| Irregular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | ruffen | |
| participle | geruff | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | ruffen | — |
| 2nd singular | riffs | ruff |
| 3rd singular | rifft | — |
| 1st plural | ruffen | — |
| 2nd plural | rufft | rufft |
| 3rd plural | ruffen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
Derived terms
- ausruffen
- beruffen
- eraruffen
- erausruffen
- noruffen
- ofruffen
- opruffen
- uruffen
- zouruffen
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