mole

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mole (third-person singular present molt, past participle jemolt)

molt (present singular third-person)
jemolt (participle past)

From Old High German mālōn, mālēn, denominative of māl (“spot, stain”), from Proto-West Germanic *mālijan, from Proto-Germanic *mēlijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“dark color”).


han

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han (irregular, third-person singular present hat, past tense hauw, past participle jehad, past subjunctive häu)

hat (present singular third-person)
hauw (past)
jehad (participle past)
häu (past subjunctive)
han (infinitive)
jehad (participle past)
han (auxiliary)
han (indicative present singular)
has (indicative present singular)
hat (indicative present singular)
hant (indicative plural present)
hat (indicative plural present)
hauwt (indicative plural present)
hauw (indicative preterite singular)
hauwts (indicative preterite singular)
hauwe (indicative plural preterite)
häut (indicative plural preterite)
hait (indicative plural preterite)
han jehad (indicative perfect present singular)
has jehad (indicative perfect present singular)
hat jehad (indicative perfect present singular)
hant jehad (indicative perfect plural present)
hat jehad (indicative perfect plural present)
hauwt jehad (indicative perfect plural present)
hauw jehad (indicative past perfect singular)
hauwts jehad (indicative past perfect singular)
hauwe jehad (indicative past perfect plural)
häut jehad (indicative past perfect plural)
hait jehad (indicative past perfect plural)
weëd han (future indicative singular)
weëds han (future indicative singular)
weëde han (future indicative plural)
weëd han (future indicative plural)
weëd jehad han (future indicative perfect singular)
weëds jehad han (future indicative perfect singular)
weëde jehad han (future indicative perfect plural)
weëd jehad han (future indicative perfect plural)
häu (conditional singular)
hai (conditional singular)
häuts (conditional singular)
haits (conditional singular)
häue (conditional plural)
haie (conditional plural)
jeuf han (conditional present singular)
jeufs han (conditional present singular)
jeuve han (conditional plural present)
jeuft han (conditional plural present)
häu jehad (conditional perfect singular)
hai jehad (conditional perfect singular)
häuts jehad (conditional perfect singular)
haits jehad (conditional perfect singular)
häue jehad (conditional perfect plural)
haie jehad (conditional perfect plural)
han (imperative singular)
hat (imperative plural)

Hunsrik: hon

Kölsch: han

Luxembourgish: hunn

From Middle High German hān, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan.

(Ripuarian and Kölsch, auxiliary, with a past participle) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tense)

(same dialects, transitive) to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)

Uur hat doa Floep va.

(same dialects, transitive) to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)

(same dialects, transitive) to have, get (to obtain, acquire)

(same dialects, transitive) to get (to receive)

(same dialects, transitive) to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)

Ing Menuut hat 60 Sekonde.

(literally, “One minute has 60 seconds.”)

(same dialects, transitive, of units of measure) to contain, be composed of, equal

(same dialects, impersonal, with het or 't) there be, there is, there are

Iech han't nit zoeë mit Höng.

(literally, “I don't have it that much with dogs.”)

(same dialects, with 't and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into

Vier hauwe't juus uvver dienge Vrunk.

(literally, “We just had it about your friend.”)

(same dialects, with 't and uvver) to talk about


esse

esse (third-person singular present iss or itt, preterite oß, past participle jesse or jejesse)

iss (present singular third-person)
itt (present singular third-person)
oß (preterite)
jesse (participle past)
jejesse (participle past)

From Middle High German ezzen, from Old High German ezzan.


wade

wade (third-person singular present waad, past tense wadet, present participle wadend or wadens, past participle jewaad)

waad (present singular third-person)
wadet (past)
wadend (participle present)
wadens (participle present)
jewaad (participle past)

From Middle High German warden, northern variant of warten, from Old High German wartēn, from Proto-West Germanic *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną. Compare Luxembourgish waarden, German warten, English ward, Yiddish וואַרטן (vartn).

(Kirchröadsj, intransitive) to wait (for) [with óp (+ accusative)]


john

john (third-person singular present jeht, past tense jeng, past participle jejange)

jeht (present singular third-person)
jeng (past)
jejange (participle past)

From Old High German gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną.


sage

sage (third-person singular present tense sät, past tense sat or sät, past participle jesat or jesät)

sät (present singular third-person)
sat (past)
sät (past)
jesat (participle past)
jesät (participle past)

From Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagēn.


deck

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

inflection of decke:
singular imperative

inflection of decke:
third-person singular present


hale

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hale (third-person singular present hält, past tense heelt or hielt, past participle jehale or gehale or gehal)

hält (present singular third-person)
heelt (past)
hielt (past)
jehale (participle past)
gehale (participle past)
gehal (participle past)


donn

donn (third-person singular present deet or deit, preterite dät, past participle jedon or jedonn)

deet (present singular third-person)
deit (present singular third-person)
dät (preterite)
jedon (participle past)
jedonn (participle past)

Hunsrik: dun

Kölsch: dunn

Luxembourgish: doen

From Middle High German duon, from Old High German *duon, northern variant of tuon, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn.

(many dialects of Ripuarian, including Kölsch) to do

Ich dät us der Finster luure.

(same dialects) Used in the preterite with a following infinitive to form the paraphrastic preterite.

Ich dät jo noch jet blieve, ävver meng Frau well heem.

I would stay some more, but my wife wants to go home.

(same dialects) Used in the subjunctive with a following infinitive to form the conditional tense.


komme

komme (third-person singular present kennt or kött, past tense kom, past participle komme or jekomme or gekomme)

kennt (present singular third-person)
kött (present singular third-person)
kom (past)
komme (participle past)
jekomme (participle past)
gekomme (participle past)

From Old High German kweman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt. The form is native in Moselle Franconian, but borrowed from German in Ripuarian.

konn

Ripuarian; some Moselle Franconian dialects; chiefly dated


legge

legge (third-person singular present tense legg, past tense lett, past participle jeledde or jelegge)

legg (present singular third-person)
lett (past)
jeledde (participle past)
jelegge (participle past)

From Middle High German līden, from Old High German līdan, from Proto-West Germanic *līþan.


hann

hann (third-person singular present hät or hat, past tense hatt, past participle jehatt or gehatt)

hät (present singular third-person)
hat (present singular third-person)
hatt (past)
jehatt (participle past)
gehatt (participle past)

From Middle High German hān, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn.


drage

drage (third-person singular present drät, past tense drooch, past participle jedrage)

drät (present singular third-person)
drooch (past)
jedrage (participle past)

From Middle High German dragen, from Old High German *dragan, northern variant of tragan, from Proto-Germanic *draganą.

(most of Ripuarian) to carry, bear, wear


spille

spille (third-person singular present spillt, past participle jespillt or gespillt)

spillt (present singular third-person)
jespillt (participle past)
gespillt (participle past)

From Middle High German spilen, from Old High German spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn.


haue

haue (third-person singular present häut or hait or haut, past participle jehaue or gehaue)

häut (present singular third-person)
hait (present singular third-person)
haut (present singular third-person)
jehaue (participle past)
gehaue (participle past)

(Ripuarian, some dialects of Moselle Franconian) to hit, beat


haue

haue (third-person singular present hält, past tense heel or heelt, past participle jehaue)

hält (present singular third-person)
heel (past)
heelt (past)
jehaue (participle past)

From Middle High German halden, northern variant of halten.

Hott de Hohnder en der Stall!
Hott de Hohnder en der Stall!
Dä Hahn es ene sexy Kannibal...

1976, “Der Haan”performed by Nico Ploum, Kerkrade Ripuarian cited here in German-based orthography:

Keep the chickens in the coop!
Keep the chickens in the coop!
The rooster is a sexy cannibal...


setze

setze (third-person singular present setz or setzt, past tense soß, past participle jesäße or gesess)

setz (present singular third-person)
setzt (present singular third-person)
soß (past)
jesäße (participle past)
gesess (participle past)

From Middle High German sitzen, from Old High German sizzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan.


setze

setze (third-person singular present setz or setzt, past tense satz, past participle jesatz or gesatz or gesat)

setz (present singular third-person)
setzt (present singular third-person)
satz (past)
jesatz (participle past)
gesatz (participle past)
gesat (participle past)

From Middle High German setzen, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan. Compare German setzen, Dutch zetten, English set.

sätze

used in order to distinguish from etymology 1


brille

From Middle High German brüelen, ultimately imitative. Cognate with German brüllen. Other languages that share the same verb and have the same meaning ("to cry") are Alemannic German brüele and Hunsrik brille.

Tobich Mensch! watt brauchste so se brille? / ’diß nau ähmol annerscht nitt mei Wille, / Unn eich honn Der’t jo schunn lang gesaht:

1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, page 4:

(Moselle Franconian / Hunsrückisch) to cry


stelle

stelle (third-person singular present stellt, preterite stallt, past participle jestallt or gestallt)

stellt (present singular third-person)
stallt (preterite)
jestallt (participle past)
gestallt (participle past)

From Middle High German stellen, from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan.

(most dialects) to put, place, make stand


stelle

stelle (third-person singular present stillt, preterite stohl, past participle jestolle or gestolle)

stillt (present singular third-person)
stohl (preterite)
jestolle (participle past)
gestolle (participle past)

From Middle High German stelen, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną.

(Ripuarian, eastern Moselle Franconian) to steal


lesse

lesse (third-person singular present liss or lisst or less or lesst, past tense los, past participle jelesse or gelesse)

liss (present singular third-person)
lisst (present singular third-person)
less (present singular third-person)
lesst (present singular third-person)
los (past)
jelesse (participle past)
gelesse (participle past)

Kanns de net lesse? Do steht et doch jeschrevve.

Can't you read? It's written right there.

(Ripuarian, eastern Moselle Franconian) to read


regge

regge (third-person singular present tense reck, past tense rett, past participle jeredde or jeregge)

reck (present singular third-person)
rett (past)
jeredde (participle past)
jeregge (participle past)

From Middle High German rīden, from Old High German *rīdan, northern variant of rītan.


kalle

kalle (third-person singular present kallt or kalt, past tense kallte or kallet, past participle jekallt or jekald)

kallt (present singular third-person)
kalt (present singular third-person)
kallte (past)
kallet (past)
jekallt (participle past)
jekald (participle past)

From Middle High German kallen, from Old High German kallōn, northern variant of challōn, from Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną. Compare Limburgish kalle, Dutch kallen, English call, Old Norse kalla.

sprääche

now often preferred under standard German influence

Mer kalle, wie us de Schnüss jewahßen es.

We speak the way our mouths have grown (i.e. in our native dialect).

(chiefly Ripuarian, including Kirchröadsj) to speak; to talk; to chat

(Kirchröadsj, obsolete) to give a name to


ruche

ruche (third-person singular present rüch, past tense roch, past participle jeroche)

rüch (present singular third-person)
roch (past)
jeroche (participle past)

From Middle High German rūchen, from Old High German *rūhhan, northern variant of riohhan.

(Ripuarian, transitive or intransitive) to smell


brenne

Inherited from Middle High German brennen, from Old High German brennen, from Proto-West Germanic *brannijan, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną.


senn

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senn (third-person singular present es, past tense wor, past participle jewäs)

es (present singular third-person)
wor (past)
jewäs (participle past)

From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn (“to be”) (with some parts from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”) and *beuną (“to be, exist, become”)), from Proto-Indo-European *es-, *h₁es- (“to be, exist”).


senn

senn (third-person singular present süht or sitt, past tense sooch, past participle jesenn)

süht (present singular third-person)
sitt (present singular third-person)
sooch (past)
jesenn (participle past)

From Middle High German sëhen, from Old High German *sian, northern variant of sehan. Compare the same contracted form in Old Dutch sian.


riere

riere (third-person singular present ritt, past tense ree, past participle gerere)

ritt (present singular third-person)
ree (past)
gerere (participle past)

From Middle High German rīden, northern variant of rīten.


weck

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

inflection of wecke:
singular imperative

inflection of wecke:
third-person singular present


loope

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loope (third-person singular present lööp, past tense leep, past participle jeloope)

lööp (present singular third-person)
leep (past)
jeloope (participle past)

A relict from the older Low Franconian dialect around Düsseldorf, thus from Old Dutch lōpan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan. The city and its south-western periphery underwent a process of Ripuarianisation, chiefly during the 19th century.

Mir sinn us de alde Stadt, us de Retematäng.
 Mir sprääche richtig Platt un loope op de Häng.

1956, “De Retematäng”performed by Jupp Schäfers:

We are from the old city, from the “rue de matin”.
 We speak the original dialect and we walk on our hands.

(northernmost Ripuarian) to walk; to go; to run (move on foot, either at a normal or an increased speed)


schlage

schlage (third-person singular present schlät, past tense schlooch, past participle jeschlage)

schlät (present singular third-person)
schlooch (past)
jeschlage (participle past)

Derived from the past participle under the influence of German schlagen.

(Ripuarian, as a variant) to hit; to beat; to defeat


fenge

fenge (third-person singular present fengk, preterite fong, past participle jefonge)

fengk (present singular third-person)
fong (preterite)
jefonge (participle past)

From Old High German findan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent-.

fenne

most of Moselle Franconian; southernmost Ripuarian


wase

wase (third-person singular present weëst or waast, past tense woos or waset, past participle jewase, present participle wasend or wasens)

weëst (present singular third-person)
waast (present singular third-person)
woos (past)
waset (past)
jewase (participle past)
wasend (participle present)
wasens (participle present)

A Kerkradish children's song:
Maireëndrupereënval óp miechda waas iech
May raindrops of rainfall on methen I'll grow

(Limburgan Ripuarian) Alternative spelling of wahße


leje

leje (third-person singular present lüch or leecht, past tense looch, past participle jeloge or geloge)

lüch (present singular third-person)
leecht (present singular third-person)
looch (past)
jeloge (participle past)
geloge (participle past)

From Middle High German liegen, from Old High German liogan, from Proto-West Germanic *leugan.

Dä lüch, wann e ald de Muul opmäht.

(Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to lie; to tell lies

lüjje

from the 2nd and 3rd persons singular under standard German influence


denke

denke (third-person singular present denk or denkt, past tense daach or daacht, past participle jedaach or gedaacht)

denk (present singular third-person)
denkt (present singular third-person)
daach (past)
daacht (past)
jedaach (participle past)
gedaacht (participle past)

From Middle High German denken, from Old High German denken.
The long vowel of the past forms does not preserve the original Old High German length, but is due to a secondary, regular lengthening before -ch. (Were it original, would it have developed into /ɔː/.)

Dat hatt ich mer allt jedaach, datt dä widder net kütt...

I’d already thought by myself that he wouldn’t appear yet again...


kenne

kenne (third-person singular present kennt, past tense kannt, past participle jekannt or gekannt)

kennt (present singular third-person)
kannt (past)
jekannt (participle past)
gekannt (participle past)

From Old High German kennan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (“to know”).

(most dialects) to know; to be acquainted with


kenne

kenne (third-person singular present kann, past tense konnt, past participle konnt or gekonnt)

kann (present singular third-person)
konnt (past)
konnt (participle past)
gekonnt (participle past)

From Old High German kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

(Moselle Franconian) can; to be able to / of


führe

führe (third-person singular present führt, preterite fuhrt, past participle jefuhrt or jeführt)

führt (present singular third-person)
fuhrt (preterite)
jefuhrt (participle past)
jeführt (participle past)

From Middle High German vüeren, from Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną.


könne

könne (third-person singular present kann, past tense konnt, past participle jekonnt)

kann (present singular third-person)
konnt (past)
jekonnt (participle past)

From Middle High German kunnen, from Old High German kunnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan.


solle

solle (third-person singular present soll or sall, past tense sollt, past participle jesollt or gesollt)

soll (present singular third-person)
sall (present singular third-person)
sollt (past)
jesollt (participle past)
gesollt (participle past)

Hunsrik: solle

Luxembourgish: sollen

From Old High German sulan, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną. Compare German sollen, Dutch zullen, English shall.

(most dialects) shall; should; to be supposed to; expressing obligation or hearsay

(most dialects, dated) will; shall; used to form the future tense


streue

streue (third-person singular present streut, preterite straut, past participle jestraut or jestreut)

streut (present singular third-person)
straut (preterite)
jestraut (participle past)
jestreut (participle past)

From Middle High German ströuwen, from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną.


freue

freue (third-person singular present freut, past tense fraut, past participle jefraut or jefreut)

freut (present singular third-person)
fraut (past)
jefraut (participle past)
jefreut (participle past)

Mer sich denke kunnt, en ner Veedelstund de Feuerwehr wor do.
Die sooch dä Ovve noh, un jetz, ich sage jo:
Datt dat kumme sollt, wore Kender schold – wat hann die sich jefraut!
Die hatten drei Paar naße Söck höösch en die Pief jedaut.

1926, “Kut erop”performed by Willi Ostermann:

As was expected, after 15 minutes the fire brigade arrived.
They checked the oven, and well, as I'm saying:
That all of that should’ve happened was some children’s fault—oh how glad they were!
They had carefully pushed three pairs of wet socks into that pipe.

(Ripuarian, reflexive) to be glad, happy


sterve

sterve (third-person singular present stirv or sterv, past tense storv, past participle jestorve)

stirv (present singular third-person)
sterv (present singular third-person)
storv (past)
jestorve (participle past)

From Middle High German sterven, northern variant of sterben, from Proto-Germanic *sterbaną.

Wä am Jalleje sterve soll, dä weed em Rhing nit versuffe.

He who’s meant to die on the gallows won’t drown in the Rhine. (Old fatalistic proverb)


werpe

werpe (third-person singular present werp, past tense worp, past participle jeworpe)

werp (present singular third-person)
worp (past)
jeworpe (participle past)

From Old High German *werpan (attested in arworpanan), northern variant of werfan, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną.

(Ripuarian, dated in some dialects) to throw; to cast

werfe

Moselle Franconian; now also Ripuarian via standard German


wonne

wonne (third-person singular present wonnt, past participle jewonnt)

wonnt (present singular third-person)
jewonnt (participle past)

From Old High German wonēn. Cognate with German wohnen, Dutch wonen. The expected Ripuarian vowel would be /ɔ/, the raised quality may be due to the influence of initial /ʋ/.

Hä es ald widder ömjetrocke, dä wonnt jetz henge, wo die aal Kirch es.

He's moved house again, he now lives over where the old church is.


brenge

brenge (third-person singular present brengk or brengt, past tense braht or braach or braacht, past participle jebraht or jebraach or gebraacht)

brengk (present singular third-person)
brengt (present singular third-person)
braht (past)
braach (past)
braacht (past)
jebraht (participle past)
jebraach (participle past)
gebraacht (participle past)

From a conflation of Old High German brengen and bringan, similarly as in Dutch brengen.

Brengs de dat evvens en de Köch? Dat wör leev von dir.

Would you just take this to the kitchen? That would be sweet of you.

(most dialects) to bring; to take something somewhere


zaubere

zaubere (third-person singular present zaubert, past participle jezaubert or gezaubert)

zaubert (present singular third-person)
jezaubert (participle past)
gezaubert (participle past)

/ˈtsɔu̯bəʀə/

From German zaubern. The inherited form zoovere was still attested locally in the 19th century, but is now long obsolete. Compare Luxembourgish zauberen.

Do kanns zaubere.
 Wie ding Mamm, die Kaate lät.
 Irjendsujet moss et sinn.

1982, “Do kanns zaubere”performed by BAP:

You can perform magic.
 Like your mum, who reads cards.
 Must be something like that.


mahle

mahle (third-person singular present millt or mählt or mahlt, past tense mohl, past participle jemahle or gemahle)

millt (present singular third-person)
mählt (present singular third-person)
mahlt (present singular third-person)
mohl (past)
jemahle (participle past)
gemahle (participle past)


veule

veule (third-person present tense veult, past tense vólt or veulet, present participle veulend or veulens, past participle jeveuld)

veult (present third-person)
vólt (past)
veulet (past)
veulend (participle present)
veulens (participle present)
jeveuld (participle past)

(Kirchröadsj) Alternative spelling of vöhle


wecke

wecke (third-person singular present weck or weckt, past participle jeweck or geweckt)

weck (present singular third-person)
weckt (present singular third-person)
jeweck (participle past)
geweckt (participle past)

From Middle High German wecken, from Old High German wecchen, from Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan.

(most dialects, transitive) to awaken, wake up (make someone awake)

wäcke

far, wide; variant spelling, chiefly used to distinguish from weck


suffe

suffe (third-person singular present süff, past tense soff, past participle jesoffe)

süff (present singular third-person)
soff (past)
jesoffe (participle past)

From Old High German sūfan, from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną. Cognate with German saufen and Dutch zuipen.

(most dialects of Ripuarian, of animals) to drink

E bessje jet rauche, jet suffe un dann
 Luure, ob mer met dä Schöss jet danze kann...

2001, “Superjeilezick”performed by Brings:

Smoke a little, drink a little, and then
 See if we can dance a little with the girls...

(the same dialects, of people) to drink excessively (usually alcohol)


bruche

bruche (third-person singular present bruch, past tense broht or brooch, past participle jebruch)

bruch (present singular third-person)
broht (past)
brooch (past)
jebruch (participle past)

From Old High German brūhhan, from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną.
The past tense forms broht, brooch (both with the open vowel /ɔː/) were doubtless formed by analogy with moht, mooch, from mugge (“may”). It is not ruled out, however, that they are alterations of older strong forms.

Bruchs de dat noch odder kann ich dat fottdonn?

Do you still need this or can I throw it away?

Wann ich em Lotto jewennen dät, bröht ich nie widder (ze) ärbeede.

If I won the lottery, I would never have to work again.

(Ripuarian, interrogative or negated) to need, have to


schieße

From Old High German skiozan, from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną. Cognate with German schießen, Dutch schieten, English shoot, Swedish skjuta.


bedde

bedde (third-person singular present bett, past participle jebett or jebedde)

bett (present singular third-person)
jebett (participle past)
jebedde (participle past)

From Middle High German beden, from Old High German bedōn, northern variant of betōn.
Cognate to German beten (“to pray”). The verb at hand in German bitten (“to ask, beg”) does not exist in Central Franconian.

Woröm häs de net jemaht, wo ich dich dröm jebett hatt?

Why haven’t you done what I’d asked you for?

Wat enem andere jehürt, ka’ mer sich net esu nemme, do moss mer dröm bedde!

One can’t just take what’s someone else’s, one must ask for it.

(Ripuarian, transitive or intransitive, with öm) to ask for something; to beg

Dot Ühr vür em Äße bedde?

Ich hann en Kääz opjestallt on ene Rusekranz jebett.

(Ripuarian, intransitive or transitive) to pray


drenke

drenke (third-person singular present drenk or drenkt, past tense dronk, past participle jedronke or gedronke or gedronk)

drenk (present singular third-person)
drenkt (present singular third-person)
dronk (past)
jedronke (participle past)
gedronke (participle past)
gedronk (participle past)

From Middle High German drinken, from Old High German *drinkan, northern variant of trinkan.

Jetz drenke mer us iersch ens eent on dann kanns de mer deng Neuigkeete verzälle.

We’ll drink one first of all, and then you can tell me your news.


kicke

kicke (third-person singular present kick, past tense keck, past participle jekecke or jekick)

kick (present singular third-person)
keck (past)
jekecke (participle past)
jekick (participle past)

Unshifted relict from Proto-Germanic *kīkaną; compare Aap, deep, söke. Whether the shortening of the vowel is regular is difficult to decide because -īk- does not otherwise occur in High German. However, it seems likely as the same shortening happens before other velars; compare schwijje, rich, from Middle High German swīgen, rīche.

Wat heeß dat dann schon, „Klein-Paris“? Die Kö, die es eso jroß!
 Un wä et naachs jot kicke kann, dä süht, do es jet los.

What does it mean anyway, “Little Paris”? The Königsallee is so big!
 And whoever can look well at night, sees there's a lot going on.


welle

welle (third-person singular present well or wellt, past tense wollt, past participle jewollt or gewollt)

well (present singular third-person)
wellt (present singular third-person)
wollt (past)
jewollt (participle past)
gewollt (participle past)

Hunsrik: weele

Luxembourgish: wëllen

From Middle High German wellen, from Old High German wellen.

etymon

Su e Benemme welle mer hee net hann.

We don’t want that kind of behaviour here.

wolle

non-native; but now common in some dialects via German


zieë

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zieë (irregular, third-person singular present is, past tense woar, past participle jeweë, past subjunctive wuur)

is (present singular third-person)
woar (past)
jeweë (participle past)
wuur (past subjunctive)
zieë (infinitive)
jeweë (participle past)
zieë (auxiliary)
bin (indicative present singular)
bis (indicative present singular)
is (indicative present singular)
zunt (indicative plural present)
zint (indicative plural present)
zut (indicative plural present)
zit (indicative plural present)
woar (indicative preterite singular)
woars (indicative preterite singular)
woare (indicative plural preterite)
woart (indicative plural preterite)
bin jeweë (indicative perfect present singular)
bis jeweë (indicative perfect present singular)
is jeweë (indicative perfect present singular)
zunt jeweë (indicative perfect plural present)
zint jeweë (indicative perfect plural present)
zut jeweë (indicative perfect plural present)
zit jeweë (indicative perfect plural present)
woar jeweë (indicative past perfect singular)
woars jeweë (indicative past perfect singular)
woare jeweë (indicative past perfect plural)
woart jeweë (indicative past perfect plural)
zal zieë (future indicative singular)
weëd zieë (future indicative singular)
zals zieë (future indicative singular)
weëds zieë (future indicative singular)
zalle zieë (future indicative plural)
weëde zieë (future indicative plural)
zalt zieë (future indicative plural)
weëd zieë (future indicative plural)
zal jeweë zieë (future indicative perfect singular)
weëd jeweë zieë (future indicative perfect singular)
zals jeweë zieë (future indicative perfect singular)
weëds jeweë zieë (future indicative perfect singular)
zalle jeweë zieë (future indicative perfect plural)
weëde jeweë zieë (future indicative perfect plural)
zalt jeweë zieë (future indicative perfect plural)
weëd jeweë zieë (future indicative perfect plural)
wuur (conditional singular)
wuurs (conditional singular)
wure (conditional plural)
wuurt (conditional plural)
jeuf zieë (conditional present singular)
jeufs zieë (conditional present singular)
jeuve zieë (conditional plural present)
jeuft zieë (conditional plural present)
wuur jeweë (conditional perfect singular)
wuurs jeweë (conditional perfect singular)
wure jeweë (conditional perfect plural)
wuurt jeweë (conditional perfect plural)
bis (imperative singular)
zieg (imperative singular)
zut (imperative plural)
zit (imperative plural)

From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn (“to be”) (with some parts from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”) and *beuną (“to be, exist, become”)), from Proto-Indo-European *es-, *h₁es- (“to be, exist”).

Dat is sjun.

Dat is ing Kats.

(Kirchröadsj, copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be

Mier is't sjleët.

(Kirchröadsj, with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition)

(Kirchröadsj, auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tense of certain intransitive verbs

(Kirchröadsj, intransitive) to exist; there to be; to be alive

Doe bis.

(Kirchröadsj, intransitive, colloquial) to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)


levve

levve (third-person singular läv, past participle jeläv)

läv (singular third-person)
jeläv (participle past)

From Old High German levēn, northern variant of lebēn, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”).

inh

Wenn ich dausend Levve ze levve hätt, köm ich dausendmol nit vun dir loss.
 Ich hätt dausend Levve bei dir jeläv, ming aale Stadt am Floss.

2015, “Dausend Levve”performed by Kasalla:

If I had a thousand lives to live, a thousand times I couldn't get away from you.
 A thousand lives I'd have lived with you, my old city by the river.


schlofe

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schlofe (third-person singular present schlöf or schläft, past tense schleef or schlief, past participle jeschlofe or geschlof)

schlöf (present singular third-person)
schläft (present singular third-person)
schleef (past)
schlief (past)
jeschlofe (participle past)
geschlof (participle past)

From Old High German slāfan, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną (“to sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *slab-, *slap-, *(s)lÁb- (“to hang loose, be limp”).


stonn

stonn (third-person singular present steiht, preterite stund, past participle jestande)

steiht (present singular third-person)
stund (preterite)
jestande (participle past)

From Old High German stān, from Proto-Germanic *stāną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.


kunn

kunn (third-person singular present kütt, past tense kom, past participle kunn or jekunn)

kütt (present singular third-person)
kom (past)
kunn (participle past)
jekunn (participle past)

From Middle High German *kūn, contracted infinitive of queman (like hān of haben, lān of lāzen, etc.), from Old High German kweman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt.

Ich kunn jrad vom Suppermaat.

I’m just coming back from the supermarket.

(Ripuarian, archaic in most areas) to come


gehn

Wer sall meich dann bei die Spielleit fehre, / Wann eich naunder meine Kerl verleere? / Geh, eich wullt, datt Deich der Deiwel hätt?

1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, page 3:

(Moselle Franconian / Hunsrückisch) to go


sehn

sehn (third-person singular present süht or seiht or sitt, past tense sooch, past participle jesehn or gesehn)

süht (present singular third-person)
seiht (present singular third-person)
sitt (present singular third-person)
sooch (past)
jesehn (participle past)
gesehn (participle past)

From Middle High German sien, from Old High German *sian, northern variant of sehan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.
The distribution of the forms sehn and siehn in the dialects is in line with the general distribution of -ē- and -ī- for Old High German -ia-, -io-. Compare the same contraction in Old Dutch sian.

Dat süht doch ene Blende!

(Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to see


äße

äße (third-person singular present iss or esst, past tense oß, past participle jäße or jejäße or gäß)

iss (present singular third-person)
esst (present singular third-person)
oß (past)
jäße (participle past)
jejäße (participle past)
gäß (participle past)


dusche

dusche (third-person singular present daasch, preterite doosch, past participle jedoosch)

daasch (present singular third-person)
doosch (preterite)
jedoosch (participle past)

From Middle High German durren, northern variant of turren, from Proto-West Germanic *durʀan (“to dare”). The sch < rs developed regularly in the present singular and in the past forms. The infinitive and present plural are backformations (replacing original *durre, *dürre, attested as döre in Low Franconian). This also explains the intervocalic /ʒ/, which otherwise occurs only in borrowings and onomatopoeias. Semantically merged with dürve.

(Ripuarian, archaic in some dialects) may, to be allowed


dusche

dusche (third-person singular present dusch or duscht, past participle jedusch or geduscht)

dusch (present singular third-person)
duscht (present singular third-person)
jedusch (participle past)
geduscht (participle past)

From German duschen, from French douche.


flöte

flöte (third-person singular present flöt, past participle jeflöt)

flöt (present singular third-person)
jeflöt (participle past)

Derived from Flöt, ultimately from Old French fleute.

(Ripuarian) to whistle or play a wind instrument

Wat dä höck widder flöt, dat jlööv kee Mensch!

No one would believe the way this guy is refereeing today!


tredde

tredde (third-person singular present tritt or trett, past tense trot, past participle jetrodde)

tritt (present singular third-person)
trett (present singular third-person)
trot (past)
jetrodde (participle past)

From Old High German *tredan, northern variant of tretan.


leie

leie (third-person singular present leit, past tense leiet or loog, present participle leiend or leiens, past participle jeloage)

leit (present singular third-person)
leiet (past)
loog (past)
leiend (participle present)
leiens (participle present)
jeloage (participle past)

From Middle High German liegen, from Old High German liogan, from Proto-West Germanic *leugan, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ-. Compare Limburgish lege, Luxembourgish léien, Dutch liegen, German lügen.

Doe kans veule dat heë leit.

(Kirchröadsj, intransitive) to lie; to tell lies

lüjje

from the 2nd and 3rd persons singular under standard German influence


leie

leie (third-person singular present leit, past tense leiet, present participle leiend or leiens, past participle jeleid)

leit (present singular third-person)
leiet (past)
leiend (participle present)
leiens (participle present)
jeleid (participle past)

From Middle High German leiten, from Old High German leiten, from Proto-West Germanic *laidijan, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną. Compare Limburgish lèèje, Luxembourgish leeden, English lead, German leiten, Dutch leiden.

(Kirchröadsj, transitive) to manage (an organization)

(Kirchröadsj, transitive) to conduct (a liquid, electricity, etc.)

(Kirchröadsj, intransitive) to lead, to go, to follow a path to


faale

faale (third-person singular present faalt, past participle jefaalt or jefaale or gefaalt or gefaal or gefaale)

faalt (present singular third-person)
jefaalt (participle past)
jefaale (participle past)
gefaalt (participle past)
gefaal (participle past)
gefaale (participle past)


brääche

brääche (third-person singular present brech or brecht, past tense brooch, past participle jebroche or gebroch)

brech (present singular third-person)
brecht (present singular third-person)
brooch (past)
jebroche (participle past)
gebroch (participle past)

From Middle High German brëchen, from Old High German brehhan.

(Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to break


nemme

nemme (third-person singular present nemmp, preterite nohm, past participle jenomme)

nemmp (present singular third-person)
nohm (preterite)
jenomme (participle past)

From Middle High German nëmen, from Old High German neman, from Proto-West Germanic *neman. Compare German nehmen, Dutch nemen, Old English niman.


kumme

kumme (third-person singular present kütt, past tense kom, past participle jekumme)

kütt (present singular third-person)
kom (past)
jekumme (participle past)

From Middle High German quemen, from Old High German kweman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt. The form is a conflation of native kunn and German kommen.

Manchmol setz ich eröm un ich frooch mich, woröm
 Et su kumme mot, wie et kom, wie et jetz es.
 Un ich saach mer, datt et irjendwo wiggerjonn moss – jradus.

Sometimes I sit around and I wonder why
 It had to come the way it came, the way it is now.
 And I tell myself that somehow it has to go on – straight ahead.

(some Ripuarian dialects, including Kölsch) to come


stohn

stohn (third-person singular present steht or stäht or steiht, past tense stond or stong or stonn, past participle jestande or jestange or gestanne)

steht (present singular third-person)
stäht (present singular third-person)
steiht (present singular third-person)
stond (past)
stong (past)
stonn (past)
jestande (participle past)
jestange (participle past)
gestanne (participle past)

(Ripuarian, northeastern Moselle Franconian) to stand


stohn

(much of western and southern Moselle Franconian) infinitive of stiehn, which supplies all inflected forms


stiehn

stiehn (third-person singular present stäht or steht, preterite stuhn or stonn, past participle gestanne)

stäht (present singular third-person)
steht (present singular third-person)
stuhn (preterite)
stonn (preterite)
gestanne (participle past)

From Old High German stēn, from Proto-Germanic *stāną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Wann de anner hei stiehn, kann ech och hei stohn.

If the others are standing here, I can stand here too.

(western and southern Moselle Franconian) to stand


jonn

jonn (third-person singular present jeiht, past tense jing, past participle jejange)

jeiht (present singular third-person)
jing (past)
jejange (participle past)

From Middle High German gān, from Old High German gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-.


giehn

giehn (third-person singular present gäht or geht, past tense gieng or geeng or geng, past participle gang or gange)

gäht (present singular third-person)
geht (present singular third-person)
gieng (past)
geeng (past)
geng (past)
gang (participle past)
gange (participle past)

From Middle High German gēn, from Old High German gēn, from Proto-West Germanic *gān.

Wann de anner all heemgiehn, kenne mir och gohn.

If the others all go home, we can go too.

(western and southern Moselle Franconian) to go


gohn

gohn (third-person singular present gäht or geiht, preterite geeng or geng, past participle gange)

gäht (present singular third-person)
geiht (present singular third-person)
geeng (preterite)
geng (preterite)
gange (participle past)

From Middle High German gān, from Old High German gān, from Proto-West Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną.


gohn

(much of western and southern Moselle Franconian) infinitive of giehn, which supplies all inflected forms


maache

maache (third-person singular present mäht or maach or maat or mächt or micht, past tense maht or mäht or maachet or muuch or mooch, present participle maachend or maachens, past participle jemaht or jemaach or jemaad or gemaach or gemaacht)

mäht (present singular third-person)
maach (present singular third-person)
maat (present singular third-person)
mächt (present singular third-person)
micht (present singular third-person)
maht (past)
mäht (past)
maachet (past)
muuch (past)
mooch (past)
maachend (participle present)
maachens (participle present)
jemaht (participle past)
jemaach (participle past)
jemaad (participle past)
gemaach (participle past)
gemaacht (participle past)

From Middle High German machen, from Old High German mahhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn, from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”).

der

Iech han dier e Bild jemaad. (Kirchröadsj)

(transitive) to make, form , produce, create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.)

Heë maat mier Kamilletieë. (Kirchröadsj)

(transitive, of food, drinks, etc.) to make, prepare

Maach wats-te wils. (Kirchröadsj)

Doe maats miech wus. (Kirchröadsj)

(transitive, with an adjective) to make (to cause to be)

(transitive, arithmetic) to make, be, equal (the result of a calculation)

V'r maache 12 Euros de Sjtond. (Kirchröadsj)

(transitive, informal, colloquial) to make, earn (to earn, gain wages, profit, etc.)

Dat maat nuuks! (Kirchröadsj)

(transitive, impersonal, colloquial) to matter (to be important)

D'r Sjeng hat jet i de Bóks jemaad. (Kirchröadsj)

(intransitive, informal, euphemistic) to do one's business, do number two or number one, go (to defecate or urinate)

Zie maat siech jód. (Kirchröadsj)

(reflexive) to do (to fare or perform (well or poorly))

Iech maach 't al lank.

Dä mäht et vleech noch e Jöhrche.


krijje

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krijje (third-person singular present kritt or krich, past tense krääch or krät, past participle kräje or jekräje or jekrääch or jekrät)

kritt (present singular third-person)
krich (present singular third-person)
krääch (past)
krät (past)
kräje (participle past)
jekräje (participle past)
jekrääch (participle past)
jekrät (participle past)

From Middle High German krīgen, northern variant of kriegen. Most closely related to Dutch krijgen. Also cognate with German kriegen.

Du kriss meng Schohn net, die mähs de nur kapott.

You won’t get my shoes, you’d only ruin them.


hellepe

hellepe (third-person singular present hellep, past tense hollep, past participle jehollepe)

hellep (present singular third-person)
hollep (past)
jehollepe (participle past)

From Old High German *helpan (attested in several conjugated forms), northern variant of helfan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną.

Et Sarah von bovven es e leev Mädche, it hät mer met dä schwäre Täsche jehollepe.

Sarah from upstairs is a darling girl, she helped me with those heavy bags.

(Ripuarian, dated in some dialects) to help


jevve

jevve (third-person singular present jitt, past tense jov, past participle jejovve or jejevve)

jitt (present singular third-person)
jov (past)
jejovve (participle past)
jejevve (participle past)

From Old High German gevan, northern variant of geban, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-.

Der hellije Zint Määtes, dat wor ne jode Mann.
 Dä jov de Kender Kääzjer un stooch se selver an.

Traditional (lyrics and music), “A popular song for St. Martin's Day”:

Holy Saint Martin was a good man.
 He gave the children candles and lit them himself.


loofe

loofe (third-person singular present lööf or leeft or lääft, past tense leef, past participle jeloofe or geloofe or geloof)

lööf (present singular third-person)
leeft (present singular third-person)
lääft (present singular third-person)
leef (past)
jeloofe (participle past)
geloofe (participle past)
geloof (participle past)

Nemm et Auto, der Wääch es ze weck für ze loofe.

Take the car, the distance is too far to walk.

(Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to walk; to go; to run (move on foot, either at a normal or at an increased speed)


jlööve

jlööve (third-person singular present jlööv, preterite jloov or jlöövte, past participle jejloov or jejlööv)

jlööv (present singular third-person)
jloov (preterite)
jlöövte (preterite)
jejloov (participle past)
jejlööv (participle past)

From Old High German *gilouven (attested as inflected gilouves), northern variant of gilouben, from Proto-Germanic *galaubijaną.

Dat kanns de denger Oma verzälle, die jlööv et vleech.

You can tell that to your grandma, she might believe it.


hierode

hierode (third-person singular present hierot, past participle jehierot)

hierot (present singular third-person)
jehierot (participle past)

/ˈhiːˌʀɔːdə/

Derived from the noun Hierot (“wedding”), seemingly under the influence of German heiraten (“to marry”). The old verb in the dialects is bestade; this is now obsolete in most places, but compare Luxembourgish bestueden.

Se hann jehierot un sibbe Pänz jekräje.

Hück es Polterovend en der Elsaßstroß,
 Denn der Pitter hierot morjen et Marie.
 Dat Marie hätt ich su jään für mich jehatt.
 Ich hann et och probeet, doch mich, mich wollt et nie.

1983, “Polterovend”performed by Bläck Fööss:

Today there’s Polterabend at Elsaßstraße,
 Because Peter marries Mary tomorrow.
 Mary I wanted so dearly for myself.
 I did try, but me she never wanted.

(Ripuarian, transitive or intransitive) to marry


däue

däue (third-person singular present däut, past tense daut, past participle jedaut)

däut (present singular third-person)
daut (past)
jedaut (participle past)

From Old High German diuwen, from Proto-Germanic *þūhijaną. Compare Dutch duwen.

Dä däut mich op Seck un kritt selver dä Freistoß!

First he pushes me aside and then he’s the one who gets a freekick!


mösse

mösse (third-person singular present moss, past tense mot, past participle jemot or jemoss)

moss (present singular third-person)
mot (past)
jemot (participle past)
jemoss (participle past)

Hunsrik: misse

Luxembourgish: mussen

From Middle High German muozen, from Old High German muozan, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtan. The now predominant Ripuarian form with -ö- is influenced by German müssen.
The past tense mot- is peculiar. It has replaced the expected forms, which in the singular would have become homophonous with the respective present forms (*moss, *moß). Original -st- seems to have been irregularly reduced to -t-. However, the pronunciation /mɔːt/ alongside /moːt/ hints at an influence by (regularly explainable) past tense forms of mugge, müjje (“may; to like”). The two verbs can be semantically close in negation; compare English I must not ≈ I may not.

Du moss dich ens wäsche, du rüchs e bessje.

You should wash yourself, you have a bit of a smell.

(Ripuarian, auxiliary) must; to have to; should


söke

söke (third-person singular present sök, past tense sok or soht, past participle jesok or jesoht)

sök (present singular third-person)
sok (past)
soht (past)
jesok (participle past)
jesoht (participle past)

From Middle High German suochen, from Old High German suohhen.
One of several Ripuarian relict words with an unshifted post-vocalic plosive. Compare Aap (“ape”), deep (“deep”).


mugge

mugge (third-person singular present maach, past tense mooch or moht, past tense jemooch or jemoht)

maach (present singular third-person)
mooch (past)
moht (past)
jemooch (past)
jemoht (past)

From Middle High German mugen, from Old High German mugan.

(Ripuarian, obsolete in many dialects) may; to be allowed to


wääde

wääde (third-person singular present wird or weed, past tense wurd or wood, past participle wurde or jewurde or jewoode)

wird (present singular third-person)
weed (present singular third-person)
wurd (past)
wood (past)
wurde (participle past)
jewurde (participle past)
jewoode (participle past)

From Middle High German werden, from Old High German werdan.

(Ripuarian) to be; used with past participles to form the passive voice

(Ripuarian) will; shall; used with infinitives to form the future tense (which is rather rare, however)


loße

loße (third-person singular present löt or lett or ließt, past tense leet or leeß or looß, past participle jeloße or geloße or geloß)

löt (present singular third-person)
lett (present singular third-person)
ließt (present singular third-person)
leet (past)
leeß (past)
looß (past)
jeloße (participle past)
geloße (participle past)
geloß (participle past)

From Middle High German lāzen, from Old High German lāzan.
The Ripuarian inflected forms lacking -ß- are possibly unshifted relict forms. Compare, however, the Middle High German contraction lān, from which the present forms could be derived. Compare also the Ripuarian past tense mot of mösse, which, for its part, cannot be explained as a relict.

losse

southernmost Moselle Franconian; few dialects of Ripuarian

(most dialects) to make (someone do something)


verzälle

verzälle (third-person singular present verzällt, past tense verzallt, past participle verzallt)

verzällt (present singular third-person)
verzallt (past)
verzallt (participle past)

(Ripuarian) to talk; to speak with each other


wesse

wesse (third-person singular present weeß or weiß or wääß, past tense woss or wosst, participle jewoss or gewosst)

weeß (present singular third-person)
weiß (present singular third-person)
wääß (present singular third-person)
woss (past)
wosst (past)
jewoss (participle)
gewosst (participle)

From Middle High German wizzen, from Old High German wizzan.

Wa’ meng Frau wöss, datt ich hee öm halver zwei noch en der Wirtschaff setze, do krääch ich se ävver!

If my wife knew that I’m still sitting here in the pub at half past one, I’d get slapped.

(most dialects) to know; to be aware (of a fact)


koofe

koofe (third-person singular present kööf or keeft or kääft, past tense koofte, past participle jekoof or gekooft or kooft)

kööf (present singular third-person)
keeft (present singular third-person)
kääft (present singular third-person)
koofte (past)
jekoof (participle past)
gekooft (participle past)
kooft (participle past)

From Old High German koufōn, from Proto-Germanic *kaupōną, from Latin caupō (“shopkeeper”).

Waat evvens hee, ich john flögg Zirette koofe.

Wait here for a moment, I’ll just go buy cigarettes.


rofe

rofe (third-person singular present röf or reft, past tense reef, past participle jerofe or gerofe)

röf (present singular third-person)
reft (present singular third-person)
reef (past)
jerofe (participle past)
gerofe (participle past)

Zint Määtes es att widder hee.

Wann hä us röf: mir senn att hee!

When he calls us, we’re already there. (Lines from a popular St. Martin’s song)

(Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to call; to shout


lijje

lijje (third-person singular present litt or lich, past tense looch, past participle jeläje)

litt (present singular third-person)
lich (present singular third-person)
looch (past)
jeläje (participle past)

From Old High German ligan, alternative form of liggan (which would have yielded Ripuarian *legge), from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną.

Jiss de mer ens dat Booch, wat derhenge litt?

Would you give me that book which is lying over there?

(Ripuarian) to lie (be in a horizontal position)


lijje

lijje (third-person singular present litt, past tense lett, past participle jeledde or jelijje)

litt (present singular third-person)
lett (past)
jeledde (participle past)
jelijje (participle past)


läje

läje (third-person singular present lät or lääch or läächt, past tense lat or laach, past participle jelat or jelaach or geläächt)

lät (present singular third-person)
lääch (present singular third-person)
läächt (present singular third-person)
lat (past)
laach (past)
jelat (participle past)
jelaach (participle past)
geläächt (participle past)

From Middle High German legen, from Old High German leggen, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną.

Wo es dann meng Zeidung? Die hatt ich hee op der Desch jelat.

Where’s my newspaper? I had put it right here on the table.

(most dialects) to put; to lay; to make lie


leeje

leeje (third-person singular present lüch or leecht, past tense looch, past participle jeloge or geloge)

lüch (present singular third-person)
leecht (present singular third-person)
looch (past)
jeloge (participle past)
geloge (participle past)


schlon

schlon (third-person singular present schleet or schleit, past tense schlooch, past participle jeschlage or jeschlon or geschlon or geschlan)

schleet (present singular third-person)
schleit (present singular third-person)
schlooch (past)
jeschlage (participle past)
jeschlon (participle past)
geschlon (participle past)
geschlan (participle past)


blieve

blieve (third-person singular present bliet or bliev, past tense blevv, past participle jeblevve or blevve)

bliet (present singular third-person)
bliev (present singular third-person)
blevv (past)
jeblevve (participle past)
blevve (participle past)

From Old High German belīvan, northern variant of bilīban.

Küss de met odder blies de hee?


froge

froge (third-person singular present frööch or fröt or frät, past tense frot or frooch or fruuch, past participle jefrot or jefrooch or gefrot)

frööch (present singular third-person)
fröt (present singular third-person)
frät (present singular third-person)
frot (past)
frooch (past)
fruuch (past)
jefrot (participle past)
jefrooch (participle past)
gefrot (participle past)

From Old High German frāgēn. Compare German fragen, Dutch vragen.

Wa’ mer dä jet fröt, denk e jo jar nit draan, Antwoot ze jevve.

If you ask him something, he doesn’t even consider answering.

(most dialects) to ask; to pose a question

frohe

some southern dialects of Moselle Franconian


dürve

dürve (third-person singular present darf, past tense durf, past participle jedurf)

darf (present singular third-person)
durf (past)
jedurf (participle past)

From Old High German durfan, from Proto-Germanic *þurbaną, from Proto-Indo-European *tetórpe.

Ich verzällen der jet, dat darfs de ävver keenem weggersage!

I’m telling you something, but you may not pass it on to anyone else!

Darf dat dat? – Dat darf dat. – ...datt dat dat darf!
May she do that? – She may. – ...that she may do that!


trecke

trecke (third-person singular present trick or treck, past tense trok, past participle jetrocke)

trick (present singular third-person)
treck (present singular third-person)
trok (past)
jetrocke (participle past)

Compare Dutch trekken, German Low German trecken.

Denn wenn et Trömmelche jeiht, dann stonn mer all parat,
 Un mer trecke durch de Stadt,
 Un jeder hät jesat: Kölle alaaf, alaaf! Kölle alaaf!

1993, “Denn wenn et Trömmelche jeiht”performed by Räuber:

For when the drums are playing, we're all there and ready,
 And we march through the city,
 And everyone said: Cologne hurrah, hurrah! Cologne hurrah!


hüre

hüre (third-person singular present hürt or hööt, past tense hurt or hoot, past participle jehurt or jehoot or jehürt or jehööt)

hürt (present singular third-person)
hööt (present singular third-person)
hurt (past)
hoot (past)
jehurt (participle past)
jehoot (participle past)
jehürt (participle past)
jehööt (participle past)


schödde

schödde (third-person singular present schött, preterite (rare) schott, past participle jeschott)

schött (present singular third-person)
schott (preterite rare)
jeschott (participle past)

From Old High German *scudden, northern variant of scutten. Cognate with German schütten.


schänge

schänge (third-person singular present schängk, past participle jeschand or jeschangk)

schängk (present singular third-person)
jeschand (participle past)
jeschangk (participle past)

From Middle High German schenden, from Old High German *skenden, northern variant of *skenten, from Proto-West Germanic *skandijan, with Ripuarian velarization. Cognate with German schänden (“dishonour”).

(most dialects of Ripuarian) to scold; to rebuke; to rail; to complain


rääne

rääne (third-person singular present räänt, past participle jeräänt or geräänt)

räänt (present singular third-person)
jeräänt (participle past)
geräänt (participle past)


benge

benge (third-person singular present bengk, past tense bong, past participle jebonge)

bengk (present singular third-person)
bong (past)
jebonge (participle past)

From Old High German *bindan, northern variant of bintan, with Ripuarian velarization.


schrieve

schrieve (third-person singular present schriev, past tense schrevv, past participle jeschrevve)

schriev (present singular third-person)
schrevv (past)
jeschrevve (participle past)

From Old High German *scrīvan, northern variant of scrīban, from Proto-Germanic *skrībaną, from Latin scrībō. Compare German schreiben, Dutch schrijven, English shrive.

Ich hann däne jeschrevve, datt se vo’ mir keene Penning krijje.

I’ve written them that they won’t see a penny from me.


fleeje

fleeje (third-person singular present flüch or fleecht, past tense floch or flooch, past participle jefloge or gefloge)

flüch (present singular third-person)
fleecht (present singular third-person)
floch (past)
flooch (past)
jefloge (participle past)
gefloge (participle past)

From Old High German fliogan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-.

Em Wenter fleeje de drüjje Bläder en der Loff eröm.

In the winter the dry leaves are flying around in the air. (One of the Wenker-phrases)

(Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to fly


beeje

beeje (third-person singular present büch or beecht, past tense boch, past participle jeboge or geboge)

büch (present singular third-person)
beecht (present singular third-person)
boch (past)
jeboge (participle past)
geboge (participle past)

(Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian, transitive) to bend

Et jitt Saache, die sich loße beeje, on Saache, die kapottbrääche.

There are things that can be bent, and things that break in two.


liehne

liehne (third-person singular present liehnt, past participle jeliehnt or geliehnt)

liehnt (present singular third-person)
jeliehnt (participle past)
geliehnt (participle past)

From Old High German lēhanōn, from Proto-Germanic *laihnōną (“to lend”), from *laihną (“loan”). Compare Dutch lenen, archaic German lehnen.

Wann de dat hann wells, dann liehnen ich et dir.

If you want that thing, I’ll lend it to you.

(Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to lend; to loan

Kann ich mer bei dir evvens foffzig Cent liehne?

Can I just quickly borrow fifty cents from you?

(same regions, usually with reflexive dative) to borrow


wahße

wahße (third-person singular present wähs or wiehs or wähst or wiehst, past tense wohs, past participle jewahße or gewahs or gewahst)

wähs (present singular third-person)
wiehs (present singular third-person)
wähst (present singular third-person)
wiehst (present singular third-person)
wohs (past)
jewahße (participle past)
gewahs (participle past)
gewahst (participle past)

Wann de Wuurzele keen Plaz krijje, wähs en Planz net wegger.

When the roots find no free space, a plant won’t grow any further.

(most dialects) to grow; to become larger


söß

(Ripuarian) singular past subjunctive of setze (“to sit”)

(Ripuarian, some dialects) second-person plural past subjunctive of setze


drieße

drieße (third-person singular present drieß, past participle jedresse)

drieß (present singular third-person)
jedresse (participle past)

From Old High German *drīzan, northern variant of trīzan, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną. Cognate with Dutch drijten, English drite.

Et jitt jo Lück, die emmer alles besser wesse... jo, dat kennt mer jo!
 Miestendeils hann die bluß schlääch jedresse... jo, och dat es wohr!

1998, “Mer bruche keiner”performed by Bläck Fööss:

There are those people who always know it better... yeah, we’re familiar with that!
 Most of the time they’ve just had trouble shitting... yeah, that’s true as well!

(Ripuarian, mildly vulgar) to shit; to defecate


drieve

drieve (third-person singular present driev, preterite drevv, past participle jedrevve)

driev (present singular third-person)
drevv (preterite)
jedrevve (participle past)

From Middle High German drīven, from Old High German *drīvan, northern variant of trīban, from Proto-West Germanic *drīban.

Driev dat Mädche net su! Wann et net met well, bliet et evvens do.

Don’t push the girl like this! If she doesn’t want to come along, she’ll stay here.

Von hück op morje von der Bross jenomme un vill zo hastig an der Nüggel jezwunge.
 Für dä Prozess wor ich innerlich nit rief: Alles kann ich ligge, nur nit, we’ mer mich driev!

1994, “Alles kann ich ligge”performed by Bläck Fööss:

[At age six I was] weaned off the breast overnight and forced to take a dummy much too quickly.
 For this process I was mentally immature: I can stand anything except being rushed!

(Ripuarian, transitive) to drive, push, rush (cause to go somewhere or to do something)

Do driev ene dude Fesch em Waßer.

There’s a dead fish floating in the water.


luustere

luustere (third-person singular present luustert, past participle jeluustert)

luustert (present singular third-person)
jeluustert (participle past)

From Old High German hlūstrēn, from the same Proto-Germanic root as *hlustiz (“hearing, ear”). Compare Luxembourgish lauschteren, Dutch luisteren.

Du moss jot luustere, söss hürs de ’t net.

You must listen closely, otherwise you won’t hear it.

(most dialects of Ripuarian) to listen (closely)


luure

luure (third-person singular present luurt or loot, past participle jeluurt or jeloot)

luurt (present singular third-person)
loot (present singular third-person)
jeluurt (participle past)
jeloot (participle past)

From Middle High German lūren. Compare German lauern, Dutch loeren, English lour.

Du moss jot luure, söss sühs de ’t net.

You must look closely, otherwise you won’t see it.

Luur, do steht e jo!

(Ripuarian) to look (originally: look closely, but now also generally)


kruffe

kruffe (third-person singular present krüff, past tense kroff, past participle jekroffe)

krüff (present singular third-person)
kroff (past)
jekroffe (participle past)

From northern Old High German *krūfan, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną. Compare Dutch kruipen.

(most dialects of Ripuarian) to creep, to crawl


ödeme

ödeme (third-person singular present ödemp, past participle jeödemp)

ödemp (present singular third-person)
jeödemp (participle past)

From a variant of Old High German ātamōn with umlaut (compare Middle High German ætemen).


schwade

schwade (third-person singular present schwad, past participle jeschwad)

schwad (present singular third-person)
jeschwad (participle past)


droon

droon (third-person singular present drät or dreet, past tense drooch or druuch, past participle gedroon or gedrage)

drät (present singular third-person)
dreet (present singular third-person)
drooch (past)
druuch (past)
gedroon (participle past)
gedrage (participle past)

From Old High German *dragan, northern variant of tragan, from Proto-Germanic *draganą.

(most of Moselle Franconian, parts of southern Ripuarian) to carry, bear, wear


scheeße

scheeße (third-person singular present schüss or schüüß or scheeßt, past tense schoss, past participle jeschosse or geschosse or geschoss)

schüss (present singular third-person)
schüüß (present singular third-person)
scheeßt (present singular third-person)
schoss (past)
jeschosse (participle past)
geschosse (participle past)
geschoss (participle past)

Hä steht fönnef Meter vür em Tor on schüss drei Meter dernevve.

He’s standing five metres from the goal and shoots three metres off-target.

(Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to shoot


klevve

klevve (third-person singular present kläv, past participle jekläv)

kläv (present singular third-person)
jekläv (participle past)

From Old High German klevōn, northern variant of klebēn, from Proto-Germanic *klibāną, from Proto-Indo-European *gleybʰ- (“to stick”).

der

Meng Häng klevve vom Hunnig.

(Ripuarian, transitive or intransitive) to stick; to be sticky


freese

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freese (third-person singular present früüs, past tense frur or fror, past participle jefrore)

früüs (present singular third-person)
frur (past)
fror (past)
jefrore (participle past)

From Old High German friosan, from Proto-Germanic *freusaną.

Höck Naach früüs et.

(Ripuarian, impersonal) to freeze (be below 0 degrees celsius)

(Ripuarian, of liquids) to freeze (become solid)

(Ripuarian, of living beings) to be/feel cold


waße

waße (third-person singular present wieß or wäßt or wießt or wäßt, past tense woß, past participle jewaße or gewaß or gewaßt)

wieß (present singular third-person)
wäßt (present singular third-person)
wießt (present singular third-person)
woß (past)
jewaße (participle past)
gewaß (participle past)
gewaßt (participle past)


laafe

From Old High German hloufan, loufan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną.

(southern Moselle Franconian) to run; to walk; to go (move on foot, either at a normal or at an increased speed)


beede

beede (third-person singular present beet or bütt, past tense bot or bott, past participle jebodde or gebode or geboade)

beet (present singular third-person)
bütt (present singular third-person)
bot (past)
bott (past)
jebodde (participle past)
gebode (participle past)
geboade (participle past)

From Old High German beodan, northern variant of biotan.

(Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to offer


kniepe

kniepe (third-person singular present kniep, past participle jekniep)

kniep (present singular third-person)
jekniep (participle past)

Possibly an unshifted relict, but regarding that the verb is restricted chiefly to the secondary sense “to blink” and has weak conjugation, probably borrowed from a Low Franconian dialect, from Middle Dutch knīpen, from Proto-West Germanic *knīpan.


drööme

drööme (third-person singular present dröömp, past tense droomp, past participle jedroomp or jedröömp)

dröömp (present singular third-person)
droomp (past)
jedroomp (participle past)
jedröömp (participle past)

From Middle High German drōmen, from Old High German *droumen, northern variant of Old High German troumen (“to dream”), from Proto-West Germanic *draumijan, from Proto-Germanic *draumijaną.

Weeß de, wat ich höck Naach jedroomp hann?


waade

waade (third-person singular present waat, past participle jewaat)

waat (present singular third-person)
jewaat (participle past)

From Middle High German warden, northern variant of warten, from Old High German wartēn, from Proto-West Germanic *wardēn.

Ich well nit länger waade, datt hee dat Spill bejennt.
 Well rus un mir nemme, wofür ich jebore ben.

2013, “Kumm mer lääve”performed by Kasalla:

I don’t want to wait any longer until this game starts.
 I want to get out and take what I was born for.


verkamesöle

verkamesöle (third-person singular present verkamesölt, past participle verkamesölt)

verkamesölt (present singular third-person)
verkamesölt (participle past)

From archaic Kamesol (“light underjacket for men”). Compare English camisole.


rieve

rieve (third-person singular present riev, past tense revv, past participle jerevve)

riev (present singular third-person)
revv (past)
jerevve (participle past)

From Middle High German (w)rīven, from Old High German *(w)rīvan, northern variant of rīban, from Proto-West Germanic *wrīban, from Proto-Germanic *wrībaną. Middle Ripuarian still regularly retained the wr-onset, which was later either reduced or merged with fr-.


zälle

zälle (third-person singular present zällt or zillt, past tense zallt, past participle jezallt)

zällt (present singular third-person)
zillt (present singular third-person)
zallt (past)
jezallt (participle past)

From Middle High German zellen, from Old High German zellan, from Proto-West Germanic *talljan, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.


kriesche

kriesche (third-person singular present tense kriesch, past tense kresch, past participle jekresche)

kriesch (present singular third-person)
kresch (past)
jekresche (participle past)

From Middle High German krīschen, retaining the strong conjugation (like Dutch krijsen, but unlike German kreischen), from Old High German *krīskan, from Proto-West Germanic *krīskan (“to screech, scream, cry”).

inh

Kumm, loss mer fiere, nit lamentiere.
 Jet Spass un Freud, dat hät noch keinem Minsch jeschad.
 Denn die Trone, die de laachs, moss de nit kriesche.
 Loss mer fiere op kölsche Aat.

1991, “Loss mer fiere”performed by De Höhner:

Come on, let's celebrate, not whine.
 A little fun and joy has never hurt anybody.
 The tears you laugh, you don't have to cry.
 So let's celebrate like real Colognians.


föhle

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föhle (third-person present tense föhlt, past tense fohlt, past participle jefohlt)

föhlt (present third-person)
fohlt (past)
jefohlt (participle past)

From Old High German fuolen, from Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan (“to feel, to taste”).


laache

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laache (third-person present tense laach or laacht, past participle jelaach or gelaacht)

laach (present third-person)
laacht (present third-person)
jelaach (participle past)
gelaacht (participle past)

Ming eetste Fründin, dat wor et Meiers Kättche,
 Un ich fuhr mem Rädche Daach für Daach zo im.
 Et Meiers Kättche fuhr dann met om Rädche,
 Un dann dät et laache su wie ne Sonnesching.

1976, “Ming eetste Fründin”performed by Bläck Fööss:

My first girlfriend was Cathy Meier,
 And I rode my bike to her place day by day.
 Then Cathy Meier rode with me on my bike,
 And she used to laugh just like the sunshine.


rijje

rijje (third-person singular present tense ritt, past tense rett, past participle jeredde or jerijje)

ritt (present singular third-person)
rett (past)
jeredde (participle past)
jerijje (participle past)

From Old High German *rīdan, northern variant of rītan.


liehre

liehre (third-person singular present liehrt or leht, past participle jeliehrt or jeleht)

liehrt (present singular third-person)
leht (present singular third-person)
jeliehrt (participle past)
jeleht (participle past)

From Old High German lēren. Compare German lehren (“to teach”), Dutch leren (“to learn, teach”).

Von aale Lück ka’ mer noch jet liehre.

There’s something you can learn from old people.

(Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to learn

Dat mäht nix, dat liehren ich dir.


haale

haale (third-person singular present hält, past tense heelt or hielt, past participle jehaale or gehaale or gehaal)

hält (present singular third-person)
heelt (past)
hielt (past)
jehaale (participle past)
gehaale (participle past)
gehaal (participle past)

From Old High German *haldan, northern variant of haltan.


schnegge

schnegge (third-person singular present tense schnegg, past tense schnett, past participle jeschnedde or jeschnegge)

schnegg (present singular third-person)
schnett (past)
jeschnedde (participle past)
jeschnegge (participle past)


rooche

rooche (third-person singular present rooch or roocht, past participle jerooch or geroocht)

rooch (present singular third-person)
roocht (present singular third-person)
jerooch (participle past)
geroocht (participle past)

Jo’ mer eene rooche?

(most of Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to smoke


räne

räne (third-person singular present ränt, past participle jeränt or geränt)

ränt (present singular third-person)
jeränt (participle past)
geränt (participle past)

Wann et ränt, da maache mer et wie en Kölle: mer loßen et räne.

When it rains, we’ll do what they do in Cologne: we’ll let it rain. (A humorous rural saying)


schniere

schniere (third-person singular present schnitt, past tense schnee, past participle geschnere)

schnitt (present singular third-person)
schnee (past)
geschnere (participle past)

From Middle High German snīden, from Old High German snīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *snīþan.


schwijje

schwijje (third-person singular present schwich or schwicht, past tense schwech or schweech, past participle jeschwijje or jeschweeje)

schwich (present singular third-person)
schwicht (present singular third-person)
schwech (past)
schweech (past)
jeschwijje (participle past)
jeschweeje (participle past)

(Ripuarian, Siegerland Moselle Franconian) to be silent, to say nothing

schweie

few dialects of Moselle Franconian; most lack the verb


üvverläje

üvverläje (third-person singular present üvverlät or üvverlääch, past tense and past participle üvverlat or üvverlaach)

üvverlät (present singular third-person)
üvverlääch (present singular third-person)
üvverlat (participle past)
üvverlaach (participle past)

/ˌyvʌˈlɛːjə/

From Middle High German üverlegen, northern variant of überlegen.

Kumm met, mer fleeje zo de Stääne un zeröck.
 Mer üvverläje nit lang un dann finge mer et Jlöck.
 Un dann haale mer et fass un dann packe mer et en,
 Weil mer Stäänefleejer sinn, weil mer Stäänefleejer sinn.

2012, “Stäänefleejer”, in Immer en Bewäjung, performed by Kasalla:

Come with me, we fly to the stars and back.
 We don’t think about it for long and we find happiness.
 And then we hold on to it and put it in our bags,
 Because we're star-flyers, because we're star-flyers.


en Ääz am Wandere hann

Literally: “to have a travelling pea”. Probably from the idea that a pea has moved to some wrong place in one's body (or at least sometimes thus interpreted). Compare also the Princess and the Pea.

Et jitt jo Lück, die iwig schlauer sinn als andere... jo, dat kennt mer jo!
 Die Jecke hann doch bluß en Ääz am Wandere... jo, och dat es wohr!

There are those people who're always smarter than the others... yeah, we're familiar with that!
 Those crazies, they have really lost it.... yeah, that's true as well!

(Ripuarian, idiomatic) to be crazy, to have lost it


en Ääts am Wandere hann

en Ääz am Wandere hann#Central_Franconian

Alternative spelling of en Ääz am Wandere hann


Dumme

Dumme m (plural Dumme, diminutive Dümmche)

Un üvverhaup die dausend Fraue, die e kannt.
 Un die Messerstecherei, zick dä dä Dumme fählt an singer räächte Hand.

And after all those thousand women that he knew.
 And that knifing since which the thumb is missing from his right hand.


schloon

schloon (third-person singular present schleet or schleit, past tense schlooch, past participle jeschlage or jeschloon or geschloon or geschlaan)

schleet (present singular third-person)
schleit (present singular third-person)
schlooch (past)
jeschlage (participle past)
jeschloon (participle past)
geschloon (participle past)
geschlaan (participle past)

(most dialects) to hit; to beat; to defeat


böcke

böcke (third-person singular present böck, past participle jeböck or jebock)

böck (present singular third-person)
jeböck (participle past)
jebock (participle past)

Et jitt e Denge, et jitt e Denge,
Wann de Mädcher sich böcke,
Dann hann se et henge.
There’s a thing, there’s a thing,
When the girls bend down,
It’s in the back. [i.e. the vulva] (An old vulgar rhyme.)

(Ripuarian, reflexive) to bend down, to stoop


dööfe

dööfe (third-person singular present dööf, past participle jedööf)

dööf (present singular third-person)
jedööf (participle past)

From Middle High German döufen, from Old High German *doufen, northern variant of toufen, from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną.

Hä es jedööf – ov e ze Kommelejun jeht, kann e dann selver sage.
He’s been baptised – whether he’ll go to (First) Communion, he can then decide for himself.


klafe

klafe (third-person singular present klaf, past participle jeklaf)

klaf (present singular third-person)
jeklaf (participle past)

From Middle High German klaffen (“to open, clap, babble”), from Old High German klaffōn (“to clap, sound”). Cognate with German klaffen (“to be open”), Old Saxon klapen (“to clap”). Geminated variants of the same verb are German klappen, Dutch klappen, English clap.

inh

(Ripuarian) to chat, to talk among each other


vöhle

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vöhle (third-person present tense vöhlt, past tense vohlt, past participle jevohlt)

vöhlt (present third-person)
vohlt (past)
jevohlt (participle past)

inh

Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan (“to feel, to taste”)


aabakke

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aabakke (third-person present tense bakt aa, past tense bakket aa or bók aa, present participle aabakkend or aabakkens, past participle aajebakke)

bakt aa (present third-person)
bakket aa (past)
bók aa (past)
aabakkend (participle present)
aabakkens (participle present)
aajebakke (participle past)

[ˈæ̃ːˌbɑ.kə]

(Kirchröadsj, intransitive) to burn to the pan.


aabeëne

aabeëne (third-person present tense beënt aa, past tense beënet aa, present participle aabeënend or aabeënens, past participle aajebeënd)

beënt aa (present third-person)
beënet aa (past)
aabeënend (participle present)
aabeënens (participle present)
aajebeënd (participle past)

[ˈæ̃ːˌbeə.nə]

(Kirchröadsj, transitive, figuratively) to adore


aabeie

aabeie (third-person present tense beit aa, past tense beiet aa or boan aa, present participle aabeiend or aabeiens, past participle aajeboane)

beit aa (present third-person)
beiet aa (past)
boan aa (past)
aabeiend (participle present)
aabeiens (participle present)
aajeboane (participle past)

/ˈaːˌbɛi̯.ə/

[ˈæ̃ːˌbɛi̯.ə]

(Kirchröadsj, ditransitive) to offer, to provide.

(Kirchröadsj, reflexive) to offer oneself, to volunteer, (in sexual contexts) to solicit.


aabelange

aabelange (third-person present tense belangt aa, past tense belanget aa, present participle aabelangend or aabelangens, past participle aabelangd)

belangt aa (present third-person)
belanget aa (past)
aabelangend (participle present)
aabelangens (participle present)
aabelangd (participle past)

/ˈaː.bəˌlɑ.ŋə/

[ˈæ̃ː.bəˌlɑ.ŋə]

(Kirchröadsj, transitive) to concern, to affect.


aabeveële

aabeveële (third-person present tense beveëlt aa, past tense beveëlet aa or bevool aa, present participle aabeveëlend or aabeveëlens, past participle aabevoale)

beveëlt aa (present third-person)
beveëlet aa (past)
bevool aa (past)
aabeveëlend (participle present)
aabeveëlens (participle present)
aabevoale (participle past)

[ˈæ̃ː.bəˌveə.lə]

(Kirchröadsj, intransitive, reflexive) to recommend oneself


aabiese

aabiese (third-person present tense biest aa, past tense bieset aa or bees aa, present participle aabiesend or aabiesens, past participle aajebèse)

biest aa (present third-person)
bieset aa (past)
bees aa (past)
aabiesend (participle present)
aabiesens (participle present)
aajebèse (participle past)

[ˈæ̃ːˌbiː.sə]

(Kirchröadsj, transitive) to take the first bite of food

(Kirchröadsj, intransitive, of fish) to bite, to take the bait


aabinge

aabinge (third-person present tense bingt aa, past tense bong aa, present participle aabingend or aabingens, past participle aajebónge)

bingt aa (present third-person)
bong aa (past)
aabingend (participle present)
aabingens (participle present)
aajebónge (participle past)

(Kirchröadsj, intransitive) to make contact, to reach out

(Kirchröadsj, transitive) to affix (something) to something else, to bind


aabletsje

aabletsje (third-person present tense bletsjt aa, past tense bletsjet aa, present participle aabletsjend or aabletsjens, past participle aajebletsjd)

bletsjt aa (present third-person)
bletsjet aa (past)
aabletsjend (participle present)
aabletsjens (participle present)
aajebletsjd (participle past)

/ˈaːˌblɛ.t͡ʃə/

(Kirchröadsj, transitive) to shout at (in an unsympathetic manner)


aablieve

aablieve (third-person present tense blieft aa or bliet aa, past tense blievet aa or bleef aa or bloof aa, present participle aablievend or aablievens, past participle aajeblève or aajeblóve)

blieft aa (present third-person)
bliet aa (present third-person)
blievet aa (past)
bleef aa (past)
bloof aa (past)
aablievend (participle present)
aablievens (participle present)
aajeblève (participle past)
aajeblóve (participle past)

(Kirchröadsj, intransitive) to remain in office

(Kirchröadsj, intransitive) to keep a (romantic) relationship going


aabloaze

aabloaze (third-person present tense bloast aa, past tense bloazet aa or bloos aa, present participle aabloazend or aabloazens, past participle aajebloaze)

bloast aa (present third-person)
bloazet aa (past)
bloos aa (past)
aabloazend (participle present)
aabloazens (participle present)
aajebloaze (participle past)

(Kirchröadsj, transitive) to kindle by means of breath or wind

(Kirchröadsj, intransitive, music) to play the first note with a wind instrument


aaböake

aaböake (third-person present tense böakt aa, past tense böaket aa, present participle aaböakend or aaböakens, past participle aajeböakd)

böakt aa (present third-person)
böaket aa (past)
aaböakend (participle present)
aaböakens (participle present)
aajeböakd (participle past)

/ˈaːˌbœə.kə/

(Kirchröadsj, intransitive) to loudly rant against someone


aaboare

aaboare (third-person present tense boart aa, past tense boaret aa, present participle aaboarend or aaboarens, past participle aajeboard)

boart aa (present third-person)
boaret aa (past)
aaboarend (participle present)
aaboarens (participle present)
aajeboard (participle past)

/ˈaːˌboə.ʁə/

(Kirchröadsj, transitive) to tap into a resource (mostly said of coal)


mangzjere

mangzjere (third-person present tense mangzjeert, past tense mangzjeret, present participle mangzjerend or mangzjerens, past participle mangzjeerd)

mangzjeert (present third-person)
mangzjeret (past)
mangzjerend (participle present)
mangzjerens (participle present)
mangzjeerd (participle past)

[ˌmɑŋˈʒeː.ʀ̝̊ə]

From French manger, from Middle French manger, from Old French mengier, from Late Latin manducāre (“to chew, devour”), from Latin mandō.
Compare Italian mangiare, Norman maungier and mougier, Gallo mangier, Picard minger, Bourguignon maingé, Franco-Provençal mengiér, Occitan manjar, Corsican manghjà, Romanian mânca.

der

(Kirchröadsj Ripuarian, transitive) to eat

Zoeëlang vier jód mangzjere kanne, zint vier jezónk.

As long as we can eat good, we are healthy.

(Kirchröadsj Ripuarian, intransitive) to eat


sprääche

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sprääche (third-person singular present sprich or sprech or sprecht, preterite sprooch, past participle jesproche or gesproche)

sprich (present singular third-person)
sprech (present singular third-person)
sprecht (present singular third-person)
sprooch (preterite)
jesproche (participle past)
gesproche (participle past)

From Middle High German sprechen, from Old High German sprehhan.


schwaade

schwaade (third-person singular present schwaat, past participle jeschwaat)

schwaat (present singular third-person)
jeschwaat (participle past)

The senses “to slap” and “to eat a lot” are derived from the noun Schwaat (“pork rind”), from Middle High German swart, from Old High German *swarta, from Proto-Germanic *swarduz.
The sense “to prate” may be derived from this because the semantic fields “eat” ↔ “open one's mouth” ↔ “speak” often overlap. However, two other stems suggest themselves additionally: 1.) Middle High German schwadern, swateren (“to prate”), and 2.) Middle High German swetzen (“to prate”), related to the former, whence Central Franconian schwätze, whose past participle is geschwat in many Moselle Franconian dialects (compare Luxembourgish schwätzen).

Mer woren üvver der FC am schwaade, wie de renjekomme bes.

We were talking about FC Cologne when you came in.

Et es mer dressejal, wenn ich hück opfall’,
 Ob ich schwaade oder nur noch lall’.
 Erwachse wääde kann ich och morje noch.
 Langsam weed et hee jemötlich, denn die Schöss, die laufe op.

2001, “Superjeile Zick”performed by Brings:

I don’t give a damn if I attract attention tonight,
 Whether I talk or only slur my words.
 I can still grow up tomorrow.
 Now it’s getting cozy in here because the girls are finally arriving.


sjprèche

sjprèche (third-person singular present sjprik or sjprikt, past tense sjprooch, present participle sjprèchend or sjprèchens, past participle jesjpraoche)

sjprik (present singular third-person)
sjprikt (present singular third-person)
sjprooch (past)
sjprèchend (participle present)
sjprèchens (participle present)
jesjpraoche (participle past)

From Middle High German sprëchen, from Old High German sprehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan. Compare Limburgish spraeke and sjpraeke, German sprechen, Dutch spreken, English speak.

Iech sjprèch Kirchröadsj.

(Kirchröadsj, transitive) to speak (some language, the truth, etc.)

Heë sjprikt oes Ervaroeng.

(Kirchröadsj, intransitive, [uvver (about) + accusative], [oes (from)]) to speak, to talk, to give a speech

V'r hant jister e Jebed jesjpraoche.

(Kirchröadsj, transitive) to say, to speak (a word, phrase, sentence, prayer, etc.)

Wie sjprik siech dat?

(Kirchröadsj, archaic, reflexive, of a word) to have a pronunciation; to be pronounced (some way)


nööme

nööme (third-person singular present nöömp, past tense noomp, past participle jenoomp or jenöömp)

nöömp (present singular third-person)
noomp (past)
jenoomp (participle past)
jenöömp (participle past)

From Middle High German nüemen, from Proto-Germanic *nōmijaną. Cognate with Dutch noemen.

(Ripuarian, chiefly western dialects) to call (someone something)


jeschehn

jeschehn (third-person singular present jeschüch, past tense jeschooch, past participle jeschehn or jescheht)

jeschüch (present singular third-person)
jeschooch (past)
jeschehn (participle past)
jescheht (participle past)

From Old High German giskehan, from Proto-Germanic *skehaną. The phonetic development is the same as in sehn (“to see”), i.e. early contraction of -eha- into the diphthong -ia- and according further development.

(Ripuarian, dated in some dialects) to happen, occur


piefe

piefe (third-person singular present pief, past participle jepeffe)

pief (present singular third-person)
jepeffe (participle past)

From northern Old High German *pīfan, from Proto-Germanic *pīpaną.
The sense “to sulk” is not in the Rheinisches Wörterbuch (vol. 6 = 1944) and would thus seem to be fairly young. It can be derived from “to wheeze”, perhaps also from the notion of someone sulkily whiffing away on their pipe. Moreover the RhWb mentions the expression hüle en piefe for wailing, lamenting.

(Ripuarian) to wheeze (breathe loudly and with trouble)

(Ripuarian, only in expressions) to whistle or play a wind instrument (but this sense is usual in Moselle Franconian)


schenge

schenge (third-person singular present schengk, preterite schong, past participle jeschengk or jeschenge or jeschonge)

schengk (present singular third-person)
schong (preterite)
jeschengk (participle past)
jeschenge (participle past)
jeschonge (participle past)

From Middle High German schīnen, from Old High German skīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *skīnan.


jäänhann

jäänhann (third-person singular present hät jään, preterite hatt jään, past participle jäänjehatt)

hät jään (present singular third-person)
hatt jään (preterite)
jäänjehatt (participle past)

From jään (“gladly”) + hann (“to have”).

Ich hann dich jään.

Ich hann dich jään, mieh kann ich der nit sage.
 Em Levve well ich alles met erdrage.
 Dat es mer ääns, dat sag’ ich nit nur su.
 Ich hann dich wirklich jään, un dat mäht mich su fruh.

1977, “Ich han dich jän”performed by Bläck Fööss:

I love you, that’s all that I can say to you.
 In life I want to endure everything together.
 I mean it serious, it’s not just something I say.
 I really do love you, and it makes me so happy.

Otherwise see the entries of the two components


draan

draan (third-person singular present drät or dreit, past tense drooch, past participle gedraan or gedrage)

drät (present singular third-person)
dreit (present singular third-person)
drooch (past)
gedraan (participle past)
gedrage (participle past)

From Old High German *dragan, northern variant of tragan, from Proto-Germanic *draganą.

(few dialects of Moselle Franconian) to carry, bear, wear


driehe

driehe (third-person singular present drieht, past participle jedrieht)

drieht (present singular third-person)
jedrieht (participle past)

From Middle High German dræjen, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną.

Ävver nur bes nüngzehn Uhre de Jemütlichkeit deit duure.
 Denn vum Driehe op de Ziehe sinn nohher se doll un voll.
 Alles fängk sich aan ze plöcke un et hät sich met der Woll.

1907, “Am Dude Jüdd”, performed by Willi Ostermann:

But the cosiness lasts only until seven in the evening.
 Because from spinning around on their toes, they ultimately get mad and drunk.
 They all start plucking each other and the rows begin.

(central and western Ripuarian) to turn, spin, twist


schwevve

schwevve (third-person singular present schwäv, past participle jeschwäv)

schwäv (present singular third-person)
jeschwäv (participle past)

From Old High German swebēn, from Proto-Germanic *swibāną.

Su zo schwevve es e Levve für die Stollwercks-Hautevolee.
 Keinen Danz weed üvverschlage, nur jeschweiß un nix em Mage.

To float like that means a life to the Stollwerck high society.
 No dance will be omitted, just sweating and no food in their stomachs.

(most of Ripuarian) to hover, soar, float, drift


wähßele

wähßele (third-person singular present wähßelt, past participle jewähßelt or gewähßelt)

wähßelt (present singular third-person)
jewähßelt (participle past)
gewähßelt (participle past)

From Middle High German wehseln. Cognate with Luxembourgish wiesselen, German wechseln, Dutch wisselen.

(Ripuarian, northern and western Moselle Franconian) to change, swap


mööch

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

Wenn ich su aan ming Heimat denke
 Un sinn der Dom su vür mir stonn,
 Mööch ich direk op heim aan schwenke!
 Ich mööch zo Foß noh Kölle jonn!

1936, “Heimweh nach Köln”performed by Willi Ostermann:

When I think about my homeland
 And I see the cathedral standing in front of me,
 I would like to turn homewards right away!
 I would like to walk back to Cologne on foot!

(central and eastern Ripuarian) first and third person singular past subjunctive of mugge, müjje


opwahße

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opwahße (third-person singular present wähs op or wiehs op or wähst op or wiehst op, past tense wohs op, past participle opjewahße or opgewahs or opgewahst)

wähs op (present singular third-person)
wiehs op (present singular third-person)
wähst op (present singular third-person)
wiehst op (present singular third-person)
wohs op (past)
opjewahße (participle past)
opgewahs (participle past)
opgewahst (participle past)

Equivalent to op + wahße. Compare German aufwachsen.

Du bes einer vun einer Million,
 E Kend vum Rhing un ne Sonn vum Dom,
 Weil uns Mamm einfach jeder adopteet,
 Dä hee opwähs oder hee si Hätz verleet.

2015, “Stadt met K”performed by Kasalla:

You are one of a million,
 A child of the Rhine and a son of the cathedral,
 Because our mother [i.e. Cologne] adopts anyone,
 Who here grows up or here loses their heart.

(Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to grow up


lovve

lovve (third-person singular present lovv, past participle jelovv)

lovv (present singular third-person)
jelovv (participle past)

From Old High German lovōn, northern variant of lobōn, from Proto-Germanic *lubōną.

Hät dinge Lährer dich jelovv, datt de dat Beld su schön jemolt häs?

Did your teacher praise you for drawing that picture so beautifully?


loawe

loawe (third-person singular present loaft, past participle geloaft)

loaft (present singular third-person)
geloaft (participle past)

(Moselle Franconian in western Eifel, Siegerland) to praise


peife

peife (third-person singular present peift, past participle gepeff or gepoff)

peift (present singular third-person)
gepeff (participle past)
gepoff (participle past)

From northern Old High German *pīfan, from Proto-Germanic *pīpaną.

(Moselle Franconian) to whistle or play a wind instrument

Wat dä heit widder peift, dat gleeft kee Mensch!

No one would believe the way this guy is refereeing today!


fläute

fläute (third-person singular present fläut, past participle jefläut)

fläut (present singular third-person)
jefläut (participle past)

Derived from Fläut, ultimately from Old French fleute.

flöte

other Ripuarian, now also heard in Cologne after German flöten

(Kölsch) to whistle or play a wind instrument

Wat dä hück widder fläut, dat jläuv kei Minsch!


spöle

spöle (third-person singular present spölt, preterite spolt, past participle jespolt or jespölt)

spölt (present singular third-person)
spolt (preterite)
jespolt (participle past)
jespölt (participle past)

From Middle High German spüelen, from Proto-West Germanic *spōlijan.

Et wood derheim nit mieh jespolt un nix mieh aanjepack,
 Denn jeden Daach do wurf sich jetz et Stina en der Lack.

1910, “Et Stina muss ’ne Mann han”, Willi Ostermann (lyrics), Emil Palm (music)performed by Bläck Fööss, published 1985:

The dishes weren’t washed at home and nothing was done anymore,
 Because every day Stina would get dressed up to the nines now.

(Ripuarian) to rinse, wash (especially dishes)

spööle

variant spelling, especially the past forms spoolt, jespoolt


steeje

steeje (third-person singular present steech, past participle jesteeje)

steech (present singular third-person)
jesteeje (participle past)

Apparently from Middle High German steigen (“to raise”), causative of stīgen (“to rise”). The latter would yield stijje in Ripuarian (as in the Siegerland dialect). Moselle Franconian staaje also requires Middle High German -ei(g)-. Accordingly, the Rheinisches Wörterbuch attests an older weak participle jesteech. The strong form and all modern usage must be based on German steigen.

(Ripuarian, only in expressions and compounds) to rise, climb, move upwards


stääche

stääche (third-person singular present stech or sticht, preterite stooch, past participle jestoche or gestoch)

stech (present singular third-person)
sticht (present singular third-person)
stooch (preterite)
jestoche (participle past)
gestoch (participle past)
most of Ripuarian (romanization)
many Moselle Franconian dialects (romanization)

From Middle High German stechen, from Proto-Germanic *stikaną.

Letz Naach hät mich en Möck jestoche.

to sting, prick, stab (and most senses of German stechen)

Mi Mamm hät mer jet Jeld en de Täsch jestoche.

My mother stuck some money in my pocket.

to stick, put inside (and most senses of German stecken)


rüüme

rüüme (third-person singular present rüümp or rümmp, past participle jerüümp or jerümmp)

rüümp (present singular third-person)
rümmp (present singular third-person)
jerüümp (participle past)
jerümmp (participle past)

From Middle High German riumen, from Proto-Germanic *rūmijaną. The sense “to succeed” is generalized from jobs that involve a certain quantity to be cleared away (say, a bucket of potatoes to be peeled, a load of wood to be chopped).

Rüüm dä janze Krom ens op Seck hee!

(usually transitive) to put (something) somewhere else, to move (e.g. a piece of furniture)

De Ärbeet hät jot jerümmp.

Et well em nix rüüme.

(intransitive) to go (well), to work out, succeed


zänke

zänke (third-person singular present zänk or zänkt, past participle jezänk or gezänkt)

zänk (present singular third-person)
zänkt (present singular third-person)
jezänk (participle past)
gezänkt (participle past)

From Middle High German zenken, variant of zanken, whence German zanken. Further origin unknown.

No hür ens op, emmer de Mädcher ze zänke!

Die zwei senn sich der janzen Daach am zänke.

The two of them are quarrelling all day long.

Spille mer em Huus odder och em Keller – et es janz ejal, wie mer et mäht.
 Ob mer sich no zänk odder leis deit schwaade, et kütt dann janz bestemmp einer, dä sät:
 Pänz, Pänz, wo mer jeiht un steiht, nur Pänz, Pänz, Pänz!

1974, “Pänz Pänz Pänz”performed by Bläck Fööss:

Whether we play in the house or in the basement – it doesn’t matter what you do.
 Whether we quarrel or just talk quietly, someone will surely come and say:
 Children, children, wherever you stand and go, nothing but children, children, children!