wuessen
Luxembourgish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German wahsen, from Old High German wahsan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną. Cognate with German wachsen, Dutch wassen, English wax, West Frisian waakse, Icelandic vaxa, Swedish växa.
Verb edit
wuessen (third-person singular present wiisst, past participle gewuess, auxiliary verb sinn)
- (intransitive) to grow
Conjugation edit
| Irregular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | wuessen | |
| participle | gewuess | |
| auxiliary | sinn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | wuessen | — |
| 2nd singular | wiiss | wuess |
| 3rd singular | wiisst | — |
| 1st plural | wuessen | — |
| 2nd plural | wuesst | wuesst |
| 3rd plural | wuessen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From the noun Wuess (“wax”).
Verb edit
wuessen (third-person singular present wuesst, past participle gewuesst, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to wax, to apply wax to
Conjugation edit
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | wuessen | |
| participle | gewuesst | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | wuessen | — |
| 2nd singular | wuess | wuess |
| 3rd singular | wuesst | — |
| 1st plural | wuessen | — |
| 2nd plural | wuesst | wuesst |
| 3rd plural | wuessen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||