vläicht

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• vläit (chiefly in the Red Lands)

Etymology

Contracted from *villäicht. See vill and läicht (the latter being a less common variant of liicht). The construct is the same as German vielleicht and perhaps borrowed from there. The contraction into a monosyllable is also common (although not obligatory) in German speech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flæi̯χt/, [flæˑɪ̯ɕt]

Adverb

vläicht

1. maybe, perhaps