mechde

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Hunsrik[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle High German möchden, from Old High German mugan, from Proto-West Germanic *magan, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *(me)mógʰe.[1]

Cognate with German mögen.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

mechde

  1. (auxiliary) would like
    Mechst-du etwas drinke?
    Would you like to drink something?
    Ich mechde um die Welt sehle
    I would like to sail around the world.

Usage notes[edit]

  • This verb is found only in conditional mood, with no forms for present, past, infinitive or participle.

Conjugation[edit]

Irregular
infinitive
participle
auxiliary
conditional
ich mechde
du mechst, mechdest
er/sie/es mechd
meer mechde
deer mechd
sie mechde
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “mechde”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary]‎[1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 108