dréchnen
Luxembourgish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a merger of Proto-Germanic *druknijaną and *drūgijaną. Cognate with German trocknen, English dry.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]dréchnen (third-person singular present dréchent, past participle gedréchent, auxiliary verb hunn or sinn)
- (transitive or intransitive) to dry
Usage notes
[edit]- When dréchnen is used transitively (i.e. "to make dry"), the auxiliary verb is hunn; when used intransitively (i.e. "to become dry"), the auxiliary verb is sinn.
Conjugation
[edit]| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dréchnen | |
| participle | gedréchent | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | dréchnen | — |
| 2nd singular | dréchens | dréchen |
| 3rd singular | dréchent | — |
| 1st plural | dréchnen | — |
| 2nd plural | dréchent | dréchent |
| 3rd plural | dréchnen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
Categories:
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish 2-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish verbs
- Luxembourgish verbs using hunn and sinn as auxiliary
- Luxembourgish transitive verbs
- Luxembourgish intransitive verbs