fleeten
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German flöuten, floiten. Compare German flöten, Dutch fluiten. By surface analysis, Fleet + -en. The former is a now archaic form of Flütt (“flute”), which see.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fleeten (third-person singular present fleet, past participle gefleet, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (archaic) to whistle or play a wind instrument
- Synonym: päifen
- (informal, with op) not to care about (something)
- Ech fleeten drop, wat d’Leit soen!
- I don’t give a damn about what people say!
Conjugation edit
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fleeten | |
| participle | gefleet | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | fleeten | — |
| 2nd singular | fleets | fleet |
| 3rd singular | fleet | — |
| 1st plural | fleeten | — |
| 2nd plural | fleet | fleet |
| 3rd plural | fleeten | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||