luure

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • laure (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German lūren. Compare German lauern, Dutch loeren, English lour.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluːʀə/

Verb

luure (third-person singular present luurt or loot, past participle jeluurt or jeloot)

  1. (Ripuarian) to look (originally: look closely, but now also generally)
    Synonym: kicke
    Du moss jot luure, söss sühs de ’t net.
    You must look closely, otherwise you won’t see it.
    Luur, do steht e jo!
    Look, he’s standing right there!

Usage notes

  • The forms with -oo- are restricted to Kölsch.

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Limburgish lūren. Compare German lauern, Dutch loeren, and English lour.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluː.ʁə/
  • Rhymes: -uːʁə

Verb

luure (third-person singular present luurt, past participle geluurt, auxiliary verb haane) (Eupen)

  1. (intransitive) to look

Conjugation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French lire, from Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō (I read).

Verb

luure

  1. (France) to read
    I ne luut ryin que des lives sus la Normaundie, sen payis !
    He does only read about his homeland Normandy!

Conjugation

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