léinen
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German lēhanōn (“to borrow”), from the noun lēhan, from Proto-Germanic *laihną. Compare German lehnen, Dutch lenen, English lend.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]léinen (third-person singular present léint, past participle geléint, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to loan, to lend
- 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!
- 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!
- Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 5:42:
Conjugation
[edit]| 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. | ||