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Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German lēhanōn (“to borrow”), from the noun lēhan, from Proto-Germanic *laihną. Compare German lehnen, Dutch lenen, English lend.
Pronunciation
Verb
léinen (third-person singular present léint, past participle geléint, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to loan, to lend
- to borrow
- Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 5:42:
- A wann een dech fir eppes freet, da gëff him et, a wann een eppes vun dir léine wëllt, dann dréi him net de Réck!
- And when someone asks you for something, then give him it, and when someone wants to borrow something from you, then do not turn him away!
Conjugation
| Regular
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| infinitive
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léinen
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| participle
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geléint
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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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léinen
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| 2nd singular
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léins
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léin
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| 3rd singular
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léint
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| 1st plural
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léinen
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| 2nd plural
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léint
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léint
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| 3rd plural
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léinen
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| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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