Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German anvahen; equivalent to un- +‎ fänken. Compare German anfangen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ufänken (third-person singular present fänkt un, past participle ugefaang or ugefaangen, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to start, to begin
  2. (transitive) to light, to kindle

Conjugation

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Regular, separable
infinitive ufänken
participle ugefaang
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular fänken un
2nd singular fänks un fänk un
3rd singular fänkt un
1st plural fänken un
2nd plural fänkt un fänkt un
3rd plural fänken un
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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