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Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German kleven, from Old High German *klevēn (attested in inflections), northern variant of Old High German klebēn (“stick, cleave”), from Proto-West Germanic *klibēn.
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Verb
kliewen (third-person singular present klieft, past participle geklieft, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (intransitive) to stick, to be sticky
Do klieft Knätsch un dengem Schong.- You have chewing gum sticking to your shoe.
Meng Hänn kliewe vum Hunneg.- My hands are sticky from the honey.
- (transitive) to stick, to glue
Hie klieft d’Biller op d’Wand.- He sticks the pictures to the wall.
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