léinen

See also: leinen and Leinen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German lēhanōn (“to borrow”), from the noun lēhan, from Proto-Germanic *laihną. Compare German lehnen, Dutch lenen, English lend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlei̯nen/, [ˈlɜɪ̯.nən]

Verb

léinen (third-person singular present léint, past participle geléint, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to loan, to lend
2. to borrow
   • Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 5:42:

     A wann een dech fir eppes freet, da gëff him et, a wann een eppes vun dir léine wëllt, dann dréi him net de Réck!

     And when someone asks you for something, then give him it, and when someone wants to borrow something from you, then do not turn him away!

Conjugation

Regular

infinitive	léinen
participle	geléint
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	léinen	—
2nd singular	léins	léin
3rd singular	léint	—
1st plural	léinen	—
2nd plural	léint	léint
3rd plural	léinen	—

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.