Luxembourgish edit

Etymology edit

From ëm- +‎ dréien. Compare German umdrehen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈemˌdʀei̯en/, [ˈəmˌdʀɜɪ̯ən]

Verb edit

ëmdréien (third-person singular present dréit ëm, past participle ëmgedréit, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to invert, to turn inside out
  2. (intransitive) to turn back
  3. (reflexive) to turn around, to revolve
  4. (reflexive) to look back

Conjugation edit

Regular, separable
infinitive ëmdréien
participle ëmgedréit
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular dréien ëm
2nd singular dréis ëm dréi ëm
3rd singular dréit ëm
1st plural dréien ëm
2nd plural dréit ëm dréit ëm
3rd plural dréien ëm
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.