Luxembourgish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈhue̯len/, [ˈhuə̯.lən]

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle High German holen, from Old High German holōn. Cognate with German holen (to fetch). Old High German neman (“to take”, cf. German nehmen, Dutch nemen) has been lost in Luxembourgish as well as most dialects of Moselle Franconian.

The conjugated forms with a short vowel must be due to early contraction. The unetymological umlaut in the present tense is found throughout Central Franconian. The loss of final -t in the past participle is more recent; the older form geholt is still heard locally.

Verb edit

huelen (third-person singular present hëlt, past participle geholl, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to take
    Ech hunn em Geld ugebuede, mä en huet et net geholl.
    I offered him money but he didn’t take it.
    Hien hëlt sech, wat e ka kréien.
    He takes for himself whatever he can get.
Conjugation edit
Irregular
infinitive huelen
participle geholl
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular huelen
2nd singular hëls huel
3rd singular hëlt
1st plural huelen
2nd plural huelt huelt
3rd plural huelen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

huelen

  1. inflection of huel:
    1. strong/weak nominative/accusative masculine singular
    2. weak dative masculine/neuter singular
    3. strong/weak dative plural

Spanish edit

Verb edit

huelen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of oler