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Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German liegen, from Old High German liogan, from Proto-West Germanic *leugan. Cognate with German lügen, Dutch liegen, English lie, Danish lyve, Swedish ljuga.
Pronunciation
Verb
léien (third-person singular present litt, past participle gelunn, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (intransitive) to lie (to tell a falsehood)
Conjugation
| Irregular
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| infinitive
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léien
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| participle
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gelunn
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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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léien
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—
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| 2nd singular
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litts
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léi
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| 3rd singular
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litt
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—
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| 1st plural
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léien
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| 2nd plural
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litt
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litt
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| 3rd plural
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léien
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| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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Derived terms