schréi
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German schrage (“grid of items arranged crosswise, e.g. of wooden pegs”), probably related with schränken (“to arrange crosswise”), from Old High German screnken (“to slant”), from Proto-Germanic *skrankaz (“barrier, grid”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”).[1] Cognate with German schräg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃʀɜɪ̯/
- Rhymes: -ɜɪ
Adjective
schréi (masculine schréien, neuter schréit, comparative méi schréi, superlative am schréisten)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | hien ass | si ass | et ass | si si(nn) | |
| nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | schréien | schréit | ||
| independent without determiner | schréies | schréier | |||
| dative | after any declined word | schréien | schréier | schréien | schréien |
| as first declined word | schréiem | schréiem | |||
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “schränken”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891