Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eʀˈhuːʃen/, [ɐˈhuːʃən], [ɛə̯-]

Verb

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erhuuschen (third-person singular present erhuuscht, past participle erhuuscht, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to tell off, to reprimand, to scold, to tick off
    • 2001, Jeanny Friederich et al., Eng Klack fir eis Sprooch[1]:
      Vru ronn 25 Joer hat e Beamten aus dem Kadaster mech erhuuscht, datt ech „bal net méi gutt war fir heeschen ze goen“.
      About 25 years ago an official from the land registry scolded me that I [was so useless that I] "was hardly good enough to go begging".
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive erhuuschen
participle erhuuscht
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular erhuuschen
2nd singular erhuuschs erhuusch
3rd singular erhuuscht
1st plural erhuuschen
2nd plural erhuuscht erhuuscht
3rd plural erhuuschen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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