Limburgish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *reukan, from Proto-Germanic *reukaną.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

rüüke (third-person singular present rükkt, preterite ruëk, past participle geroëke, auxiliary verb haane) (Eupen)

  1. (transitive) to smell (something); to sniff (something)
  2. (intransitive) to use the sense of smell; to detect a smell
  3. (intransitive) to smell something
  4. (intransitive) to reek; to smell bad
  5. (copulative, [noë (+ dative) — like]) to smell

Conjugation edit

Irregular with past tense (Eupen dialect)
infinitive rüüke
participle geroëke
auxiliary haane
present
indicative
past
indicative
conditional imperative
1st singular rüük ruëk rüëk
2nd singular rükks ruëks rüëks rüük
3rd singular rükkt ruëk rüëk
1st plural rüüke ruëke rüëke
2nd plural rükkt ruëkt rüëkt rükkt
3rd plural rüüke ruëke rüëke