opreegen

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From op- +‎ *reegen; compare German aufregen. The verb *reegen (< Middle High German regen, whence German regen (to move, to stir)) is obsolete in Luxembourgish but has survived in opreegen and ureegen (to stimulate).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈopˌʀeːʁen/, [ˈopˌʀeːʑən]

Verb

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opreegen (third-person singular present reegt op, past participle opgereegt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to upset, to unsettle, to annoy
  2. (transitive) to excite, to work up, to agitate
  3. (reflexive) to get worked up, to get agitated

Conjugation

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Regular, separable
infinitive opreegen
participle opgereegt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular reegen op
2nd singular reegs op reeg op
3rd singular reegt op
1st plural reegen op
2nd plural reegt op reegt op
3rd plural reegen op
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

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