lounen
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German and Old High German lōnōn (“to pay, reward”), from the noun lōn (whence Luxembourgish Loun (“salary”)), from Proto-West Germanic *laun.
Compare German lohnen, Lohn, Dutch loon, Old English lēan (not continued in modern English).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]lounen (third-person singular present lount, past participle gelount, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to lease, to rent (from someone)
- (intransitive) to pay off; to be worth it
Conjugation
[edit]| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | lounen | |
| participle | gelount | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | lounen | — |
| 2nd singular | louns | loun |
| 3rd singular | lount | — |
| 1st plural | lounen | — |
| 2nd plural | lount | lount |
| 3rd plural | lounen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
Derived terms
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- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
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- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish 2-syllable words
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- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish verbs
- Luxembourgish verbs using hunn as auxiliary
- Luxembourgish transitive verbs
- Luxembourgish intransitive verbs