mächteg
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German mehtec. Probably borrowed from German mächtig. The development of Middle High German -eht in modern Luxembourgish is inconsistent, but the native outcome appears to be -iecht (cf. Hiecht, Vermiechtnes).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmæɕtəɕ]
Adjective
mächteg (masculine mächtegen, neuter mächtegt, comparative méi mächteg, superlative am mächtegsten)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | hien ass | si ass | et ass | si si(nn) | |
| nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | mächtegen | mächtegt | ||
| independent without determiner | mächteges | mächteger | |||
| dative | after any declined word | mächtegen | mächteger | mächtegen | mächtegen |
| as first declined word | mächtegem | mächtegem | |||