dréien

See also: dreien and Dreien

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• dréinen

Etymology

From Middle High German dræjen, from Old High German drāen, from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną.

Cognate with German drehen, Dutch draaien, English throw, Danish dreje, Swedish dreja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrei̯en/, [ˈdʀɜɪ̯.ən]
• Rhymes: -ɜɪən

Verb

dréien (third-person singular present dréit, past participle gedréit, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to turn, to twist, to rotate
2. (transitive) to shoot (a film, a scene, a photograph, etc.)
3. (transitive) to roll
4. (reflexive) to turn around, to pivot, to rotate

Conjugation

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

Synonyms

• (to turn): kéieren

Derived terms

• andréien
• ausdréien
• bäidréien
• duerchdréien
• ëmdréien
• erofdréien
• eropdréien
• ofdréien
• opdréien
• undréien
• verdréien
• zeréckdréien
• zoudréien