spriechen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German sprechen, from Old High German sprehhan, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną. Cognate with German sprechen, spreken, West Frisian sprekke, English speak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpʀie̯χen/, [ˈʃpʀiə̯ɕən]
• Rhymes: -iəɕən

Verb

spriechen (third-person singular present sprécht, past participle gesprach, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to speak; to give; to issue; used with certain objects like Uerteel (“verdict”)
2. (archaic, transitive or intransitive) to speak; to talk

Usage notes

• The verb is somewhat commoner in compounds, though it is often replaced with schwätzen even in loan translations of German compounds with the component sprechen.

Conjugation

Irregular
infinitive	spriechen
participle	gesprach
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	spriechen	—
2nd singular	spréchs	spriech
3rd singular	sprécht	—
1st plural	spriechen	—
2nd plural	spriecht	spriecht
3rd plural	spriechen	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Synonyms

• (to talk): schwätzen

Derived terms

• bespriechen
• entspriechen
• hellegspriechen
• ofspriechen
• Spriecher
• uspriechen
• verspriechen
• zouspriechen

Related terms

• Sprachwuert
• Sprooch