léinen

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Old High German lēhanōn (to borrow), from the noun lēhan, from Proto-Germanic *laihną. Compare German lehnen, Dutch lenen, English lend.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlei̯nen/, [ˈlɜɪ̯.nən]

Verb

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léinen (third-person singular present léint, past participle geléint, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to loan, to lend
  2. to borrow
    • Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 5:42:
      A wann een dech fir eppes freet, da gëff him et, a wann een eppes vun dir léine wëllt, dann dréi him net de Réck!
      And when someone asks you for something, then give him it, and when someone wants to borrow something from you, then do not turn him away!

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive léinen
participle geléint
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular léinen
2nd singular léins léin
3rd singular léint
1st plural léinen
2nd plural léint léint
3rd plural léinen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.