stiichten

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Luxembourgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Fron Middle High German stihten, northwestern byform of stiften, whence the doublet stëften. Cognate with German stiften, Dutch stichten. The development ft > cht is native, but survives only in a number of relict words, cf. Griecht, Luucht, uechter.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

stiichten (third-person singular present stiicht, past participle gestiicht, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to get up to, pull off, commit (a mischievous act)

Usage notes[edit]

  • Mostly used with pronominal objects such as wat, dat, vill, eppes, näischt. For the latter two there is also an idiomatic construction with eng and keng: Hien huet nees eng gestiicht. (He's got up to something again.)

Conjugation[edit]

Regular
infinitive stiichten
participle stiicht
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular stiichten
2nd singular stiichts stiicht
3rd singular stiicht
1st plural stiichten
2nd plural stiicht stiicht
3rd plural stiichten
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.