Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Old High German stōzan, from Proto-Germanic *stautaną. Cognate with German stoßen, Hunsrik stose, Dutch stoten.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃteu̯sen/, [ˈʃtəʊ̯.sən]

Verb

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stoussen (third-person singular present stéisst, past participle gestouss, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to push, shove
  2. (transitive or reflexive) to bang, knock, bump
  3. (transitive, with un) to border (on)
  4. (reflexive) to lisp (speak with a lisp)

Conjugation

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Irregular
infinitive stoussen
participle gestouss
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular stoussen
2nd singular stéiss stouss
3rd singular stéisst
1st plural stoussen
2nd plural stousst stousst
3rd plural stoussen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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