From Middle High German erlaben, irlaben, equivalent to er- + laben (“to refresh”).
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erlaben (weak, third-person singular present erlabt, past tense erlabte, past participle erlabt, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | erlaben | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | erlabend | ||||
| past participle | erlabt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich erlabe | wir erlaben | i | ich erlabe | wir erlaben |
| du erlabst | ihr erlabt | du erlabest | ihr erlabet | ||
| er erlabt | sie erlaben | er erlabe | sie erlaben | ||
| preterite | ich erlabte | wir erlabten | ii | ich erlabte1 | wir erlabten1 |
| du erlabtest | ihr erlabtet | du erlabtest1 | ihr erlabtet1 | ||
| er erlabte | sie erlabten | er erlabte1 | sie erlabten1 | ||
| imperative | erlab (du) erlabe (du) |
erlabt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
From German erlauben, from Middle High German erlouben. Probably an older borrowing from a time when the underlying phoneme (Middle High German -ou-) had not yet been monophthongised in Luxembourgish. Alternatively, the vowel may have been adapted to the related native noun Verlaf (compare German Verlaub).
erlaben (third-person singular present erlaabt, past participle erlaabt, auxiliary verb hunn)
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | erlaben | |
| participle | erlaabt | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | erlaben | — |
| 2nd singular | erlaabs | erlab |
| 3rd singular | erlaabt | — |
| 1st plural | erlaben | — |
| 2nd plural | erlaabt | erlaabt |
| 3rd plural | erlaben | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||