See also: öppen

Luxembourgish edit

Etymology edit

Derived from the preposition op (on, upon), which also has an adverbial sense “open”, as has German auf. The infix -en- may stem from the older affen (open), from Old High German offan, which itself is cognate with German offen, Dutch open, and English open. (The phonetic similarity between Luxembourgish oppen and Dutch/English open is thus accidental.) Other dialects of Moselle Franconian and Ripuarian generally use the stem opp- (without -en-) for the adjective “open”.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

oppen (masculine oppenen, neuter oppent, not comparable)

  1. (attributive only) open
    Mat oppener Fënster ass et ze kal.
    It’s too cold with an open window.

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Noun edit

oppen

  1. definite singular of opp