maachen

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• man (southern dialects)

Etymology

From Old High German mahhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːχən/
• Rhymes: -aːχən

Verb

maachen (third-person singular present mécht, preterite mouch, past participle gemaach or gemat or gemaacht, past subjunctive méich, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to make

   De Betrib huet dëst Joer e gudde Profit gemaach.

   The business made a good profit this year.

2. to do

   Ech maache vill Sport, fir a Form ze bleiwen.

   I do lots of sport to keep in shape.

3. to take (a photograph)
4. to make, to equal
5. to put, to place
6. (reflexive) to act, to pretend

Conjugation

• The preterite and subjunctive forms given hereunder are obsolete in general Luxembourgish, but may still be used in some northern dialects.

Irregular with past tense
infinitive	maachen
participle	gemaach
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	past indicative	conditional	imperative
1st singular	maachen	mouch	méich	—
2nd singular	méchs	mouchs	méichs	maach
3rd singular	mécht	mouch	méich	—
1st plural	maachen	mouchen	méichen	—
2nd plural	maacht	moucht	méicht	maacht
3rd plural	maachen	mouchen	méichen	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

• doutmaachen
• opmaachen