zéien
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɜɪ̯ən/
- Rhymes: -ɜɪən
Etymology 1
From Middle High German ziehen, from Old High German ziohan, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan. Cognate with German ziehen, West Frisian tsjen, English tee.
Verb
zéien (third-person singular present zitt, preterite zouch, past participle gezunn, past subjunctive zéich, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to pull, to drag, to haul
- (intransitive, auxiliary verb sinn) to move
- (transitive) to draw, to extract
Conjugation
| infinitive | zéien | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| participle | gezunn | |||
| auxiliary | hunn | |||
| present indicative |
past indicative |
conditional | imperative | |
| 1st singular | zéien | zouch | zéich | — |
| 2nd singular | zitts | zouchs | zéichs | zéi |
| 3rd singular | zitt | zouch | zéich | — |
| 1st plural | zéien | zouchen | zéichen | — |
| 2nd plural | zéit | zoucht | zéicht | zéit |
| 3rd plural | zéien | zouchen | zéichen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Derived terms
- anzéien
- auszéien
- bezéien
- bäizéien
- duerchzéien
- entzéien
- erzéien
- iwwerzéien
- nozéien
- ofzéien
- opzéien
- unzéien
- virzéien
- zeréckzéien
- zouzéien
Etymology 2
Inflected form of zéi (“tough”).
Adjective
zéien
- inflection of zéi:
- strong/weak nominative/accusative masculine singular
- weak dative masculine/neuter singular
- strong/weak dative plural