stiichten
Luxembourgish
editEtymology
editFron Middle High German stihten, northwestern byform of stiften, whence the doublet stëften. Cognate with German stiften, Dutch stichten. The development ft > cht is native, but survives only in a number of relict words, cf. Griecht, Luucht, uechter.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editstiichten (third-person singular present stiicht, past participle gestiicht, auxiliary verb hunn)
Usage notes
edit- Mostly used with pronominal objects such as wat, dat, vill, eppes, näischt. For the latter two there is also an idiomatic construction with eng and keng: Hien huet nees eng gestiicht. (“He's got up to something again.”)
Conjugation
edit| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | stiichten | |
| participle | stiicht | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | stiichten | — |
| 2nd singular | stiichts | stiicht |
| 3rd singular | stiicht | — |
| 1st plural | stiichten | — |
| 2nd plural | stiicht | stiicht |
| 3rd plural | stiichten | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||