fleeten
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Luxembourgish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German flöuten, floiten. Compare German flöten, Dutch fluiten. By surface analysis, Fleet + -en. The former is a now archaic form of Flütt (“flute”), which see.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fleeten (third-person singular present fleet, past participle gefleet, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (archaic) to whistle or play a wind instrument
- Synonym: päifen
- (informal, with op) not to care about (something)
- Ech fleeten drop, wat d’Leit soen!
- I don’t give a damn about what people say!
Conjugation[edit]
Regular | ||
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infinitive | fleeten | |
participle | gefleet | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | fleeten | — |
2nd singular | fleets | fleet |
3rd singular | fleet | — |
1st plural | fleeten | — |
2nd plural | fleet | fleet |
3rd plural | fleeten | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old French
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms suffixed with -en
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish verbs
- Luxembourgish verbs using hunn as auxiliary
- Luxembourgish terms with archaic senses
- Luxembourgish informal terms
- Luxembourgish terms with usage examples