Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German leschen, from Old High German lesken. The ä-spelling follows German löschen (with sporadic rounding).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlæʃen/, [ˈlæ.ʃən]

Verb

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läschen (third-person singular present läscht, past participle geläscht, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to put out, quench (fire, light, thirst)
    All Bëschbränn am Land sinn elo geläscht.
    All forest fires in the country have now been extinguished.
  2. to delete (data, especially in a computer program)

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive läschen
participle geläscht
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular läschen
2nd singular läschs läsch
3rd singular läscht
1st plural läschen
2nd plural läscht läscht
3rd plural läschen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.