lunchen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlʏn.ʃə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: lun‧chen
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English lunch, presumably short for luncheon, which see.
Verb
lunchen
- (intransitive) to (have) lunch
Conjugation
| Conjugation of lunchen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | lunchen | |||
| past singular | lunchte | |||
| past participle | geluncht | |||
| infinitive | lunchen | |||
| gerund | lunchen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | lunch | lunchte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | luncht, lunch2 | lunchte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | luncht | lunchte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | luncht | lunchte | ||
| 3rd person singular | luncht | lunchte | ||
| plural | lunchen | lunchten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | lunche | lunchte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | lunchen | lunchten | ||
| imperative sing. | lunch | |||
| imperative plur.1 | luncht | |||
| participles | lunchend | geluncht | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- lunchtafel
- lunchtijd
- lunchuur n
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
lunchen
- plural of lunch
See also
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lanʃən/, [ˈlanʃn̩], /lant͡ʃən/, [ˈlant͡ʃn̩]
Verb
lunchen (weak, third-person singular present luncht, past tense lunchte, past participle geluncht, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to lunch
- 1926, Münchner Jugend, volume 1926, number 2, page 836:
- Auch gut! Reden wir von etwas anderem...haben Sie schon geluncht?
- Alright! Let's talk about something else...have you already lunched?
Conjugation
Conjugation of lunchen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | lunchen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | lunchend | ||||
| past participle | geluncht | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich lunche | wir lunchen | i | ich lunche | wir lunchen |
| du lunchst | ihr luncht | du lunchest | ihr lunchet | ||
| er luncht | sie lunchen | er lunche | sie lunchen | ||
| preterite | ich lunchte | wir lunchten | ii | ich lunchte1 | wir lunchten1 |
| du lunchtest | ihr lunchtet | du lunchtest1 | ihr lunchtet1 | ||
| er lunchte | sie lunchten | er lunchte1 | sie lunchten1 | ||
| imperative | lunch (du) lunche (du) |
luncht (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of lunchen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Further reading
- “lunchen” in Duden online
Swedish
Noun
lunchen
- definite singular of lunch