fleeten
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German flöuten, floiten. Compare German flöten, Dutch fluiten. By surface analysis, Fleet + -en. The former is a now archaic form of Flütt (“flute”), which see.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fleeten (third-person singular present fleet, past participle gefleet, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (archaic) to whistle or play a wind instrument
- Synonym: päifen
- (informal, with op) not to care about (something)
- Ech fleeten drop, wat d’Leit soen!
- I don’t give a damn about what people say!
Conjugation
[edit]| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fleeten | |
| participle | gefleet | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | fleeten | — |
| 2nd singular | fleets | fleet |
| 3rd singular | fleet | — |
| 1st plural | fleeten | — |
| 2nd plural | fleet | fleet |
| 3rd plural | fleeten | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old French
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms suffixed with -en
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish verbs
- Luxembourgish verbs using hunn as auxiliary
- Luxembourgish terms with archaic senses
- Luxembourgish informal terms
- Luxembourgish terms with usage examples