léien

See also: leien

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German liegen, from Old High German liogan, from Proto-West Germanic *leugan. Cognate with German lügen, Dutch liegen, English lie, Danish lyve, Swedish ljuga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlei̯en/, [ˈlɜɪ̯.ən]
  • Rhymes: -ɜɪən

Verb

léien (third-person singular present litt, past participle gelunn, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (intransitive) to lie (to tell a falsehood)

Conjugation

Irregular
infinitive léien
participle gelunn
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular léien
2nd singular litts léi
3rd singular litt
1st plural léien
2nd plural litt litt
3rd plural léien
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

  • beléien
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