schpréëke

Limburgish

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sprekan, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną, suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *spreg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpʁeə̯.kə/
• Rhymes: -eə̯kə

Verb

schpréëke (third-person singular present schprükkt, preterite schprouk, past participle geschproëke, auxiliary verb haane) (Eupen)

1. (transitive) to speak (some language, the truth, etc.)
2. (intransitive, [övver (about) + accusative]) to speak, to talk, to give a speech
3. (transitive) to say, to speak (a word, phrase, sentence, prayer, etc.)
4. (transitive, literary, poetic) to say (something)

Conjugation

Irregular with past tense (Eupen dialect)
infinitive	schpréëke
participle	geschproëke
auxiliary	haane
	present indicative	past indicative	conditional	imperative
1st singular	schpréëk	schprouk	schpröük	—
2nd singular	schprükks	schprouks	schpröüks	schpréëk
3rd singular	schprükkt	schprouk	schpröük	—
1st plural	schpréëke	schprouke	schpröüke	—
2nd plural	schprékkt	schproukt	schpröükt	schprékkt
3rd plural	schpréëke	schprouke	schpröüke	—

Related terms

• Schproëk (“speech”)