maachen

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

man (southern dialects)

Etymology

From Old High German mahhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn. Cognate with German machen, Dutch maken, English make.

Umlauted present forms are found in most of Central Franconian. The vowel é (instead of *mächt) is probably related to the somewhat complicated developments before Old High German -h(h)- as in briechen or wiisst. Strong past forms are found in parts of Moselle Franconian and Alemannic. They were formed by analogy with strong class 7c (the ou being due to backformation from the subjunctive).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmaːχən]
Rhymes: -aːχən

Verb

maachen (third-person singular present mécht, preterite mouch, past participle gemaach or gemaacht or gemat, past subjunctive méich, auxiliary verb hunn)

to make
De Betrib huet dëst Joer e gudde Profit gemaach.
The business made a good profit this year.
to do
Ech maache vill Sport, fir a Form ze bleiwen.
I do lots of sport to keep in shape.
to take (a photograph)
to make, to equal
to put, to place
(reflexive) to act like, to pretend to be

Usage notes

The preterite and subjunctive forms are obsolete in general Luxembourgish, but may still be used in some northern dialects.

Conjugation

Irregular with past tense
infinitive	maachen
participle	gemaach
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	past indicative	conditional	imperative
1st singular	maachen	mouch	méich	—
2nd singular	méchs	mouchs	méichs	maach
3rd singular	mécht	mouch	méich	—
1st plural	maachen	mouchen	méichen	—
2nd plural	maacht	moucht	méicht	maacht
3rd plural	maachen	mouchen	méichen	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms