Limburgish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃte.lə/
  • Hyphenation: schtél‧le
  • Rhymes: -elə

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-West Germanic *stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European *stel-.

Alternative forms edit

  • stelle (Krefeld)
  • stèlle (widespread north of Panninger-line, Dutch-based spelling)
  • sjtèlle (widespread south of Panninger-line, Dutch-based spelling)

Verb edit

schtélle (third person singular schtéllt, past tense schtaut, past participle geschtaut, conjunctive schtäüt)

  1. (Eupen, transitive) to put, to place, to position such that it stands upright (compare sétte, léëge)
    1. (figuratively, abstractly) to pose, to lodge
    2. to set, adjust
  2. (Eupen, transitive or reflexive) to put forward (a suggestion, etc.)
  3. (Eupen, transitive or reflexive) to stand

Etymology 2 edit

From schtéll (quiet) +‎ -e.

Verb edit

schtélle (third person singular schtéllt, past tense schtéllde, past participle geschtéllt)

  1. (Eupen, transitive) to silence
  2. (Eupen, transitive) to quench (a need, e.g. hunger)
  3. (Eupen, transitive) to nurse, to breastfeed (a baby)
Conjugation edit
Regular (Eupen dialect)
infinitive schtélle
participle geschtéllt
auxiliary haane
present
indicative
past
indicative
imperative
1st singular schtéll schtéllde
2nd singular schtélls schtélldes schtéll
3rd singular schtéllt schtéllde
1st plural schtélle schtéllde
2nd plural schtéllt schtéllde schtéllt
3rd plural schtélle schtéllde