Luxembourgish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German höufen, houfen, from Old High German *houfōn or (in view of the umlaut) perhaps *houfen (attested only as hauffen and gihoufot), a variant of hūfōn (whence Middle High German hūfen). Cognate with German häufen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈheːfen/, [ˈheːfən]

Verb edit

heefen (third-person singular present heeft, past participle geheeft, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to heap, to pile up
  2. (reflexive) to accrete, to pile up

Conjugation edit

Regular
infinitive heefen
participle geheeft
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular heefen
2nd singular heefs heef
3rd singular heeft
1st plural heefen
2nd plural heeft heeft
3rd plural heefen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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