riichtbéien

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From riicht (straight) +‎ béien (to bend).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʀiːχtˌbeɪ̯en/,

Verb

riichtbéien (third-person singular present béit riicht, past participle riichtgebéit, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to put right, to rectify
    • 2001, Jeanny Friedrich et al., Eng Klack fir eis Sprooch:
      Dat kann ee verstoen... ower net, datt eisen 130 Joer alen „Institut Grand-Ducal / Section de Toponymie“ dat ni riichtgebéit huet
      One can understand that... but not that our 130-year-old "Institute Grand-Ducal / Toponymy Department" has not recitified it
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Regular, separable
infinitive riichtbéien
participle riichtgebéit
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular béien riicht
2nd singular béis riicht béi riicht
3rd singular béit riicht
1st plural béien riicht
2nd plural béit riicht béit riicht
3rd plural béien riicht
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.