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luure

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Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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  • laure (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

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From Middle High German lūren. Compare German lauern, Dutch loeren, English lour.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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luure (third-person singular present luurt or loot, past participle jeluurt or jeloot)

  1. (Ripuarian) to look (originally: look closely, but now also generally)
    Synonym: kicke
    Du moss jot luure, söss sühs de ’t net.
    You must look closely, otherwise you won’t see it.
    Luur, do steht e jo!
    Look, he’s standing right there!

Usage notes

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  • The forms with -oo- are restricted to Kölsch.

Limburgish

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Etymology

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From Middle Limburgish lūren. Compare German lauern, Dutch loeren, and English lour.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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luure (third-person singular present luurt, past participle geluurt, auxiliary verb haane) (Eupen)

  1. (intransitive) to look

Conjugation

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Regular (Eupen dialect)
infinitive luure
participle geluurt
auxiliary haane
present
indicative
past
indicative
imperative
1st singular luur luurde
2nd singular luurs luurdes luur
3rd singular luurt luurde
1st plural luure luurde
2nd plural luurt luurde luurt
3rd plural luure luurde

Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French lire, from Latin legere (to read).

Verb

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luure

  1. (France) to read
    I ne luut ryin que des lives sus la Normaundie, sen payis !
    He does only read about his homeland Normandy!

Conjugation

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