Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Old High German wonēn, from Proto-Germanic *wunaną. Cognate with German wohnen, Dutch wonen, English wone.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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wunnen (third-person singular present wunnt, past participle gewunnt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (intransitive) to live, to reside
    Hie wunnt an engem grousse Schlass an de Bierger.
    He lives in a big castle in the mountains.

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive wunnen
participle gewunnt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular wunnen
2nd singular wunns wunn
3rd singular wunnt
1st plural wunnen
2nd plural wunnt wunnt
3rd plural wunnen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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Middle English

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Verb

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wunnen

  1. (Southern, south West Midlands) Alternative form of winnen (to win)