droen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German *dragan, northern variant of tragan, from Proto-Germanic *draganą. Cognate with German tragen, Dutch dragen, English draw, drag, Icelandic draga.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdroːen/, [ˈdʀoː.ən]
- Rhymes: -oːən

Verb

droen (third-person singular present dréit, preterite drouch, past participle gedroen, past subjunctive dréich, auxiliary verb hunn)

(transitive) to carry
(transitive) to support, to hold, to bear
(transitive) to wear, to sport
(intransitive) to carry, to travel
(intransitive) to fruit, to bear fruit

Conjugation

Irregular with past tense
infinitive	droen
participle	gedroen
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	past indicative	conditional	imperative
1st singular	droen	drouch	dréich	—
2nd singular	dréis	drouchs	dréichs	dro
3rd singular	dréit	drouch	dréich	—
1st plural	droen	drouchen	dréichen	—
2nd plural	drot	droucht	dréicht	drot
3rd plural	droen	drouchen	dréichen	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /droːɨ̯n/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /drɔi̯n/

Verb

droen

Soft mutation of troen.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
troen	droen	nhroen	throen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.