bestueden

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Derived from the noun at hand in Stad (“city; place”). Compare Middle High German bestaten (“to lead to a place; to furnish; to lend”), which is probably a loan translation of Latin locāre, and this Latin verb also means “to give a girl in marriage” (virginem in matrimonium locare). The same word, with a very different semantic development, is German bestatten (“to bury”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈʃtue̯den/, [bəˈʃtuə̯dən]
• Rhymes: -uədən

Verb

bestueden (third-person singular present bestit, past participle bestuet, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to marry (to take a spouse)

   Hatt wëllt e räichen Acteur bestueden.

   She wants to marry a rich actor.

2. (transitive) to marry (to join in matrimony)

   De Paschtouer huet d'Koppel bestuet.

   The priest married the couple.