lutter

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lutər/, [ˈlud̥ɐ]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German lūtter (“clean, pure, unmixed”).

Adjective

lutter (indeclinable)

1. sheer, all, nothing but

Etymology 2

See lut (“lute”).

Noun

lutter c

1. plural indefinite of lut

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French

Etymology

From Latin luctāre, from luctārī, present active infinitive of luctor (“struggle”). Compare Portuguese lutar, Spanish luchar

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ly.te/

Verb

lutter

1. (intransitive) to struggle, to fight

   Lutter contre la discrimination - To fight/struggle against discrimation

2. (sports) to wrestle

Conjugation

   Conjugation of lutter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		lutter			avoir lutté
gerund		en luttant			en ayant lutté
present participle		luttant
past participle		lutté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	lutte	luttes	lutte	luttons	luttez	luttent
	imperfect	luttais	luttais	luttait	luttions	luttiez	luttaient
	past historic1	luttai	luttas	lutta	luttâmes	luttâtes	luttèrent
	future	lutterai	lutteras	luttera	lutterons	lutterez	lutteront
	conditional	lutterais	lutterais	lutterait	lutterions	lutteriez	lutteraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	lutte	luttes	lutte	luttions	luttiez	luttent
	imperfect1	luttasse	luttasses	luttât	luttassions	luttassiez	luttassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	lutte	—	luttons	luttez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• lutte

See also

• batailler