oppen

See also: öppen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Derived from the preposition op (“on, upon”), which also has an adverbial sense “open”, as has German auf. The infix -en- may stem from the older affen (“open”), from Old High German offan, which itself is cognate with German offen, Dutch open, and English open. (The phonetic similarity between Luxembourgish oppen and Dutch/English open is thus accidental.) Other dialects of Moselle Franconian and Ripuarian generally use the stem opp- (without -en-) for the adjective “open”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈopən/

Adjective

oppen (masculine oppenen, neuter oppent, not comparable)

  1. (attributive only) open
    Mat oppener Fënster ass et ze kal.
    It’s too cold with an open window.

Declension

Declension of oppen
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative hien ass si ass et ass si si(nn)
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner oppenen oppent
independent without determiner oppenes oppener
dative after any declined word oppenen oppener oppenen oppenen
as first declined word oppenem oppenem

Synonyms

Swedish

Noun

oppen

  1. definite singular of opp
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