huelen

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhue̯len/, [ˈhuə̯.lən]

Etymology 1

From Middle High German holen, from Old High German holōn. Cognate with German holen (“to fetch”). Old High German neman (“to take”, cf. German nehmen, Dutch nemen) has been lost in Luxembourgish as well as most dialects of Moselle Franconian.

The conjugated forms with a short vowel must be due to early contraction. The unetymological umlaut in the present tense is found throughout Central Franconian. The loss of final -t in the past participle is more recent; the older form geholt is still heard locally.

Verb

huelen (third-person singular present hëlt, past participle geholl, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to take

   Ech hunn em Geld ugebuede, mä en huet et net geholl.

   I offered him money but he didn’t take it.

   Hien hëlt sech, wat e ka kréien.

   He takes for himself whatever he can get.

Conjugation

Irregular
infinitive	huelen
participle	geholl
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	huelen	—
2nd singular	hëls	huel
3rd singular	hëlt	—
1st plural	huelen	—
2nd plural	huelt	huelt
3rd plural	huelen	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

• ënnerhuelen
• unhuelen

Etymology 2

Adjective

huelen

1. inflection of huel:
   1. strong/weak nominative/accusative masculine singular
   2. weak dative masculine/neuter singular
   3. strong/weak dative plural

Spanish

Verb

huelen

1. third-person plural present indicative of oler