ëmleeën

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Luxembourgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ëm- +‎ leeën.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈemˌle.en/, [ˈəmˌleː.ən]

Verb[edit]

ëmleeën (third-person singular present leet ëm, past participle ëmgeluecht or ëmgeluet, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to tilt, to lay something on its side
  2. (transitive, of a tree) to fell
  3. (transitive, of a switch or lever) to flip, to turn, to throw
  4. (transitive, colloquial) to kill

Conjugation[edit]

Regular, separable
infinitive ëmleeën
participle ëmgeluecht
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular leeën ëm
2nd singular lees ëm lee ëm
3rd singular leet ëm
1st plural leeën ëm
2nd plural leet ëm leet ëm
3rd plural leeën ëm
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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