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leien
leien
See also: léien
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German liggen, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognate with German liegen, Dutch liggen, English lie, Icelandic liggja.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑɪ̯ən/
- Rhymes: -ɑɪən
Verb
leien (third-person singular present läit, preterite louch, past participle geleeën, past subjunctive léich, auxiliary verb hunn)
Conjugation
| Irregular with past tense | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | leien | |||
| participle | geleeën | |||
| auxiliary | hunn | |||
| present indicative |
past indicative |
conditional | imperative | |
| 1st singular | leien | louch | léich | — |
| 2nd singular | läis | louchs | léichs | lei |
| 3rd singular | läit | louch | léich | — |
| 1st plural | leien | louchen | léichen | — |
| 2nd plural | leit | loucht | léicht | leit |
| 3rd plural | leien | louchen | léichen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||||
Derived terms
- bäileien
- ëmleien
- ënnerleien
- opleien
- uleien
- virleien
- zeréckleien