luure
Central Franconian edit
Alternative forms edit
- laure (Moselle Franconian)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German lūren. Compare German lauern, Dutch loeren, English lour.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
luure (third-person singular present luurt or loot, past participle jeluurt or jeloot)
- (Ripuarian) to look (originally: look closely, but now also generally)
- Synonym: kicke
- Du moss jot luure, söss sühs de ’t net.
- You must look closely, otherwise you won’t see it.
- Luur, do steht e jo!
- Look, he’s standing right there!
Usage notes edit
- The forms with -oo- are restricted to Kölsch.
Limburgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Limburgish lūren. Compare German lauern, Dutch loeren, and English lour.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
luure (third-person singular present luurt, past participle geluurt, auxiliary verb haane) (Eupen)
- (intransitive) to look
Conjugation edit
| Regular (Eupen dialect) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | luure | ||
| participle | geluurt | ||
| auxiliary | haane | ||
| present indicative |
past indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | luur | luurde | — |
| 2nd singular | luurs | luurdes | luur |
| 3rd singular | luurt | luurde | — |
| 1st plural | luure | luurde | — |
| 2nd plural | luurt | luurde | luurt |
| 3rd plural | luure | luurde | — |
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French lire, from Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō (“I read”).
Verb edit
luure
- (France) to read
- I ne luut ryin que des lives sus la Normaundie, sen payis !
- He does only read about his homeland Normandy!
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of the verb « luure » in Norman| infinitive | luure | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | luusaunt | ||||||
| auxiliary | aveir1 | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | luusu | luusue | |||||
| plural | luusus | luusues | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | je (j') | tu (t') | il, alle, nos |
je (nos) |
vos | il, alles | |
| present | luus | luus | luut | luusoums | luusaez | luusaent | |
| imperfect | luuseis | luuseis | luuseit | luusioums | luusiaez | luuseient | |
| preterite | luusis | luusis | luusit | luusîmes | luusîtes | luusîtent | |
| future | luurai | luuras | luura | luuroms | luuraez | luurount | |
| conditional | luureis | luureis | luureit | luurioums | luuriaez | luureient | |
| subjunctive | que je (j') | que te (t') | qu'il, qu'alle, que nos |
que je (que nos) |
que vos | qu'il, qu'alles | |
| present | luuse | luuses | luuse | luusioums | luusiaez | luusent | |
| imperfect | luusisse | luusisses | luisît luisisse |
luusissioums | luusissiaez | luusîtent luusissent | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | je (nos) |
vos | — | |
| luus | luusoums | luusaez | |||||
| 1Used with past participles. | |||||||