kliewen
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German kleven, from Old High German *klevēn (attested in inflections), northern variant of Old High German klebēn (“stick, cleave”), from Proto-West Germanic *klibēn.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kliewen (third-person singular present klieft, past participle geklieft, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (intransitive) to stick, to be sticky
- Do klieft Knätsch un dengem Schong.
- You have chewing gum sticking to your shoe.
- Meng Hänn kliewe vum Hunneg.
- My hands are sticky from the honey.
- (transitive) to stick, to glue
- Hie klieft d’Biller op d’Wand.
- He sticks the pictures to the wall.
Conjugation edit
Regular | ||
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infinitive | kliewen | |
participle | geklieft | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | kliewen | — |
2nd singular | kliefs | klief |
3rd singular | klieft | — |
1st plural | kliewen | — |
2nd plural | klieft | klieft |
3rd plural | kliewen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |