wéi

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See also: wēi, wěi, wèi, and wei

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɜɪ/ (basic form)
  • IPA(key): /vi/ (reduced; only for etymology 1)
    Rhymes: -ɜɪ

Etymology 1

From Old High German weo.

Adverb

wéi

  1. how
    Wéi ass d'Wieder?
    How is the weather?
Derived terms

Conjunction

wéi

  1. Alternative form of ewéi

Etymology 2

From Old High German wē, from Proto-Germanic *wai.

Adjective

wéi (masculine wéien, neuter wéit, comparative méi wéi, superlative am wéisten)

  1. sore, painful
    Ech hunn e wéien Aarm.
    I have a sore arm.
Declension
declension of wéi
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass wéi si ass wéi et ass wéi si si(nn) wéi
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner wéien wéi wéit wéi
independent without determiner wéies wéier
dative after any declined word wéien wéier wéien wéien
as first declined word wéiem wéiem

Etymology 3

Verb

wéi

  1. second-person singular imperative of wéien

Mandarin

Romanization

wéi (wei2, Zhuyin ㄨㄟˊ)

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