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Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German dræjen, from Old High German drāen, from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną.
Cognate with German drehen, Dutch draaien, English throw, Danish dreje, Swedish dreja.
Pronunciation
Verb
dréien (third-person singular present dréit, past participle gedréit, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive or intransitive) to turn, to twist, to rotate
- (transitive) to shoot (a film, a scene, a photograph, etc.)
- (transitive) to roll
- (reflexive) to turn around, to pivot, to rotate
Conjugation
| Regular
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| infinitive
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dréien
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| participle
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gedréit
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| auxiliary
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hunn
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present
indicative
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imperative
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| 1st singular
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dréien
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—
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| 2nd singular
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dréis
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dréi
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| 3rd singular
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dréit
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—
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| 1st plural
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dréien
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—
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| 2nd plural
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dréit
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dréit
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| 3rd plural
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dréien
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| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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