leien

See also: léien

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From lei +‎ -en.

Adjective

leien (not comparable)

  1. slaten

Etymology 2

Noun

leien

  1. plural of lei

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Through *lijen from Middle High German ligen, from Old High German ligen, from older liggen by generalisation of the stem of the 2nd and 3rd persons singular, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan. Cognate with German liegen, Dutch liggen, English lie, Icelandic liggja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlai̯en/, [ˈlɑɪ̯.ən]
  • Rhymes: -ɑɪən

Verb

leien (third-person singular present läit, preterite louch, past participle geleeën, past subjunctive léich, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to lie, to rest horizontally
  2. to lie, to be situated
  3. to be in a certain condition

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

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