loossen
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German lāzan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną. Cognate with German lassen, Dutch laten, English let, Icelandic láta.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]loossen (third-person singular present léisst, preterite louss, past participle gelooss, past subjunctive léiss, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to leave
- Ech hu mäi Portmonni doheem gelooss.
- I have left my wallet at home.
- to let
- Looss hie schwätzen!
- Let him speak!
- to allow, to permit
Usage notes
[edit]- The past tense and subjunctive forms are widely obsolete in contemporary Luxembourgish.
Conjugation
[edit]| Irregular with past tense | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | loossen | |||
| participle | gelooss | |||
| auxiliary | hunn | |||
| present indicative |
past indicative |
conditional | imperative | |
| 1st singular | loossen | louss | léiss | — |
| 2nd singular | léiss | louss | léiss | looss |
| 3rd singular | léisst | louss | léiss | — |
| 1st plural | loossen | loussen | léissen | — |
| 2nd plural | loosst | lousst | léisst | loosst |
| 3rd plural | loossen | loussen | léissen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- 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 as auxiliary
- Luxembourgish terms with usage examples
- Luxembourgish verbs with past tense