See also: setzen

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German sitzen, from Old High German sizzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sëtzen (third-person singular present sëtzt, preterite souz, past participle gesiess, past subjunctive séiz, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (intransitive) to sit (to be seated)
  2. (intransitive) to sit (to be a member on a committee)
  3. (intransitive, of clothes) to fit, to sit
  4. (intransitive, colloquial) to do time, to be in prison

Conjugation

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Irregular with past tense
infinitive sëtzen
participle gesiess
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
past
indicative
conditional imperative
1st singular sëtzen souz séiz
2nd singular sëtz souz séiz sëtz
3rd singular sëtzt souz séiz
1st plural sëtzen souzen séizen
2nd plural sëtzt souzt séizt sëtzt
3rd plural sëtzen souzen séizen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

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