droen

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Luxembourgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German *dragan, northern variant of tragan, from Proto-Germanic *draganą. Cognate with German tragen, Dutch dragen, English draw, drag, Icelandic draga.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

droen (third-person singular present dréit, preterite drouch, past participle gedroen, past subjunctive dréich, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to carry
  2. (transitive) to support, to hold, to bear
  3. (transitive) to wear, to sport
  4. (intransitive) to carry, to travel
  5. (intransitive) to fruit, to bear fruit

Conjugation[edit]

Irregular with past tense
infinitive droen
participle gedroen
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
past
indicative
conditional imperative
1st singular droen drouch dréich
2nd singular dréis drouchs dréichs dro
3rd singular dréit drouch dréich
1st plural droen drouchen dréichen
2nd plural drot droucht dréicht drot
3rd plural droen drouchen dréichen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

droen

  1. Soft mutation of troen.

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
troen droen nhroen throen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.