leien

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: léien

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Etymology 1[edit]

lei +‎ -en

Adjective[edit]

leien (not comparable)

  1. slaten

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

leien

  1. plural of lei

Luxembourgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Through *lijen from Middle High German ligen, from Old High German ligen, from older liggen by generalisation of the stem of the 2nd and 3rd persons singular, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan. Cognate with German liegen, Dutch liggen, English lie, Icelandic liggja.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

leien (third-person singular present läit, preterite louch, past participle geleeën, past subjunctive léich, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to lie, to rest horizontally
  2. to lie, to be situated
  3. to be in a certain condition

Conjugation[edit]

Irregular with past tense
infinitive leien
participle geleeën
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
past
indicative
conditional imperative
1st singular leien louch léich
2nd singular läis louchs léichs lei
3rd singular läit louch léich
1st plural leien louchen léichen
2nd plural leit loucht léicht leit
3rd plural leien louchen léichen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]