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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