liewen

See also: Liewen and lièwén

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German levēn, northern variant of lebēn, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną. Cognate with German leben, Dutch leven, West Frisian libje, English live, Icelandic lifa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlie̯ven/, [liə̯vən]
  • Rhymes: -iəvən

Verb

liewen (third-person singular present lieft, past participle gelieft, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (intransitive) to live, to be alive
  2. (intransitive) to reside, to live
    Ech liewen an der Stad.
    I live in Luxembourg City.

Conjugation
Regular
infinitive liewen
participle gelieft
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative		 imperative
1st singular liewen —
2nd singular liefs lief
3rd singular lieft —
1st plural liewen —
2nd plural lieft lieft
3rd plural liewen —
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • aliewen
  • ausliewen
  • beliewen
  • erliewen
  • iwwerliewen
  • opliewen
  • verliewen
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