luger

See also: Luger

English

Etymology

luge +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈluːʒ.ə(ɹ)/

Noun

luger (plural lugers)

1. Someone who competes in the luge.

Translations

competer in the luge

• Finnish: ohjaskelkkailija
• French: lugeur (fr) m, lugeuse (fr) f
• German: Rodler (de) m, Rodlerin (de) f, Rennrodler (de) m, Rennrodlerin (de) f
• Polish: saneczkarz (pl) m, saneczkarka (pl) f

Anagrams

• gluer, gruel

French

Etymology

From luge +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

luger

1. to luge

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written luge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of luger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	luger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	lugeant /ly.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		lugé /ly.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	luge /lyʒ/	luges /lyʒ/	luge /lyʒ/	lugeons /ly.ʒɔ̃/	lugez /ly.ʒe/	lugent /lyʒ/
	imperfect	lugeais /ly.ʒɛ/	lugeais /ly.ʒɛ/	lugeait /ly.ʒɛ/	lugions /ly.ʒjɔ̃/	lugiez /ly.ʒje/	lugeaient /ly.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	lugeai /ly.ʒe/	lugeas /ly.ʒa/	lugea /ly.ʒa/	lugeâmes /ly.ʒam/	lugeâtes /ly.ʒat/	lugèrent /ly.ʒɛʁ/
	future	lugerai /lyʒ.ʁe/	lugeras /lyʒ.ʁa/	lugera /lyʒ.ʁa/	lugerons /lyʒ.ʁɔ̃/	lugerez /lyʒ.ʁe/	lugeront /lyʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	lugerais /lyʒ.ʁɛ/	lugerais /lyʒ.ʁɛ/	lugerait /lyʒ.ʁɛ/	lugerions /ly.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	lugeriez /ly.ʒə.ʁje/	lugeraient /lyʒ.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	luge /lyʒ/	luges /lyʒ/	luge /lyʒ/	lugions /ly.ʒjɔ̃/	lugiez /ly.ʒje/	lugent /lyʒ/
	imperfect2	lugeasse /ly.ʒas/	lugeasses /ly.ʒas/	lugeât /ly.ʒa/	lugeassions /ly.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	lugeassiez /ly.ʒa.sje/	lugeassent /ly.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	luge /lyʒ/	—	lugeons /ly.ʒɔ̃/	lugez /ly.ʒe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• lugeur

Further reading

• “luger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.