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däitschsproocheg

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Däitsch +‎ Sprooch +‎ -eg, after German deutschsprachig.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdæi̯tʃˌʃpʀoːχeχ/, [ˈdæˑɪ̯tˌʃpʀoːχəɕ]

Adjective

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däitschsproocheg (masculine däitschsproochegen, neuter däitschsproochegt, not comparable)

  1. Germanophone, German-speaking
    • 2001, Jeanny Friederich et al., Eng Klack fir eis Sprooch[1]:
      Ze verstoen ass déi Kueberei nëmmen doduerch, datt däitschsproocheg (hessesch) Beamten déi lëtzebuergesch Nimm am 19. Joerhonnert no hirem Ouer opgeschriwwen hunn
      The ignorance is only to be understood as a result of the fact that German-speaking (Hessian) officials wrote down the Luxembourgish names in the 19th century from what they heard
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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