sëtzen

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See also: setzen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German sitzen, from Old High German sizzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan.

Cognates

Cognate with German sitzen, Dutch zitten, English sit, West Frisian sitte, Icelandic sitja.

Pronunciation

Verb

sëtzen (third-person singular present sëtzt, preterite souz, past participle gesiess, past subjunctive séiz, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (intransitive) to sit (to be seated)
  2. (intransitive) to sit (to be a member on a committee)
  3. (intransitive, of clothes) to fit, to sit
  4. (intransitive, colloquial) to do time, to be in prison

Conjugation

Irregular with past tense
infinitive sëtzen
participle gesiess
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative 		past
indicative 		conditional imperative
1st singular sëtzen souz séiz —
2nd singular sëtz souz séiz sëtz
3rd singular sëtzt souz séiz —
1st plural sëtzen souzen séizen —
2nd plural sëtzt souzt séizt sëtzt
3rd plural sëtzen souzen séizen —

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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