wuessen
Luxembourgish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle High German wahsen, from Old High German wahsan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną. Cognate with German wachsen, Dutch wassen, English wax, West Frisian waakse, Icelandic vaxa, Swedish växa.
Verb
editwuessen (third-person singular present wiisst, past participle gewuess, auxiliary verb sinn)
- (intransitive) to grow
Conjugation
edit| Irregular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | wuessen | |
| participle | gewuess | |
| auxiliary | sinn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | wuessen | — |
| 2nd singular | wiiss | wuess |
| 3rd singular | wiisst | — |
| 1st plural | wuessen | — |
| 2nd plural | wuesst | wuesst |
| 3rd plural | wuessen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom the noun Wuess (“wax”).
Verb
editwuessen (third-person singular present wuesst, past participle gewuesst, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to wax, to apply wax to
Conjugation
edit| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | wuessen | |
| participle | gewuesst | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | wuessen | — |
| 2nd singular | wuess | wuess |
| 3rd singular | wuesst | — |
| 1st plural | wuessen | — |
| 2nd plural | wuesst | wuesst |
| 3rd plural | wuessen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
Categories:
- Luxembourgish 2-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish verbs
- Luxembourgish verbs using sinn as auxiliary
- Luxembourgish intransitive verbs
- Luxembourgish verbs using hunn as auxiliary
- Luxembourgish transitive verbs