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Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German levēn, northern variant of lebēn, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną. Cognate with German leben, Dutch leven, West Frisian libje, English live, Icelandic lifa.
Pronunciation
Verb
liewen (third-person singular present lieft, past participle gelieft, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (intransitive) to live, to be alive
- (intransitive) to reside, to live
Ech liewen an der Stad.- I live in Luxembourg City.
Conjugation
| Regular
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| infinitive
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liewen
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| participle
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gelieft
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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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liewen
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—
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| 2nd singular
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liefs
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lief
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| 3rd singular
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lieft
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—
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| 1st plural
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liewen
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| 2nd plural
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lieft
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lieft
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| 3rd plural
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liewen
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| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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