do

Derived from Old High German doret. Compare German dort.

(Eupen, temporal) at that time (in the past); at the time, then


get

From Middle Dutch iewet, iet. The diphthong /ie̯/ developed into /je/ word-initially, as it did in High German, and the onset was then enclitically hardened to ⟨g⟩ (/ʝ/). Cognate with Dutch iets, Central Franconian jet, northern Luxembourgish jett, gett, English aught.

Doe has get höng.

(indefinite pronoun) Placed before a plural noun, indicating general cases of people or things: some


doe

ich (first-person nominative personal pronoun singular stressed)
'ch (first-person nominative personal pronoun singular unstressed)
mich (accusative first-person personal pronoun singular stressed)
m'ch (accusative first-person personal pronoun singular unstressed)
mir (dative first-person personal pronoun singular stressed)
m'r (dative first-person personal pronoun singular unstressed)
like dat. and acc. (first-person personal pronoun reflexive singular)
doe (informal nominative personal pronoun second-person singular stressed)
de (informal nominative personal pronoun second-person singular unstressed)
dich (accusative informal personal pronoun second-person singular stressed)
d'ch (accusative informal personal pronoun second-person singular unstressed)
dir (dative informal personal pronoun second-person singular stressed)
d'r (dative informal personal pronoun second-person singular unstressed)
like dat. and acc. (informal personal pronoun reflexive second-person singular)
duur (formal nominative personal pronoun second-person singular stressed)
'r (formal nominative personal pronoun second-person singular unstressed)
uch (accusative formal personal pronoun second-person singular stressed)
uch [əç] (accusative formal personal pronoun second-person singular unstressed)
uch (dative formal personal pronoun second-person singular stressed)
uch [əç] (dative formal personal pronoun second-person singular unstressed)
like dat. and acc. (formal personal pronoun reflexive second-person singular)
heë (masculine nominative personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
deë (masculine nominative personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
e (masculine nominative personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
de (masculine nominative personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
dem (accusative masculine personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
d'm (accusative masculine personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
hem (dative masculine personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
dem (dative masculine personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
'm (dative masculine personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
zich (masculine personal pronoun reflexive singular third-person)
zie (feminine nominative personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
het (feminine nominative personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
ze (feminine nominative personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
't (feminine nominative personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
dem (accusative feminine personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
d'm (accusative feminine personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
hem (dative feminine personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
dem (dative feminine personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
'm (dative feminine personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
zich (feminine personal pronoun reflexive singular third-person)
det (neuter nominative personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
't (neuter nominative personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
dem (accusative neuter personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
d'm (accusative neuter personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
hem (dative neuter personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
dem (dative neuter personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
'm (dative neuter personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
zich (neuter personal pronoun reflexive singular third-person)
vir (first-person nominative personal plural pronoun stressed)
v'r (first-person nominative personal plural pronoun unstressed)
ós (accusative first-person personal plural pronoun stressed)
ós (dative first-person personal plural pronoun stressed)
like dat. and acc. (first-person personal plural pronoun reflexive)
duur (nominative personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
'r (nominative personal plural pronoun second-person unstressed)
uch (accusative personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
uch [əç] (accusative personal plural pronoun second-person unstressed)
uch (dative personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
uch [əç] (dative personal plural pronoun second-person unstressed)
like dat. and acc. (personal plural pronoun reflexive second-person)
zie (nominative personal plural pronoun stressed third-person)
die (nominative personal plural pronoun stressed third-person)
ze (nominative personal plural pronoun third-person unstressed)
hön (accusative personal plural pronoun stressed third-person)
hönnen (dative personal plural pronoun stressed third-person)
zich (personal plural pronoun reflexive third-person)

From Middle Dutch du, from Old Dutch thū, from Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū.


Appel

Öppel (plural)
Äppel (plural)
Öppelke (diminutive)
Äppelke (diminutive)


dou

From Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

(Eupen, Krefeld) second-person singular, informal, nominative: you, thou


Lü

From Middle Limburgish lüde, from Old Limburgish liudi, from Proto-West Germanic *liudi, from Proto-Germanic *liudiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis.

people (several individual persons, a group of people in general, esp. of one kind or another), folk (folks), peeps (slang), guys (boys and/or girls)


Lamp

tlb

(Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, various dialects)

Lame̩r (plural)
Läme̩r (plural)
Lämke̩ (diminutive)
Lämpke̩ (diminutive)

From Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos.

Lam

Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, newer realisation

Lǫmp

Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, other variant

(metonymically) The meat produce of a lamb; a dish prepared from lamb's meat


Tant

Tande̩ (plural)
Tänt (plural)
Tan (plural)

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *tanþ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.


Huut

tlb

(Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, Eupen spelling)

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hūdi, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéwHtis.

inh+

skin (membrane found on the surface of an object, like a sausage)


déë

From Middle High German der, from Old High German der, ther, replacing the original masculine and feminine nominative forms from Proto-Germanic *sa, by analogy with the adjective inflection.


gätt

(Eupen, indefinite pronoun) Placed before a plural noun, indicating general cases of people or things: some


héë

From earlier Limburgish heer, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.

(Eupen, personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (déë)).

(Eupen, personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (déë)).


iich

Ultimately from shifted Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

(Eupen) I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)


joë

Possibly from Middle High German joch, from Old High German jā, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *jā, from Proto-Germanic *ja. Doublet of jao.

(Eupen, intensifier) obviously; certainly; of course; really; just; as you know; as is generally known (indicates and emphasises that one is expressing a known fact)


déër

From earlier ēr (with d- from the verb ending -t by rebracketing), from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jīz.

(Eupen) second-person plural, nominative: you; you all; ye


wéëm

From earlier dative of wie (weme), from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís, *kʷos.

(interrogative) who, whom (what person or people)


Passtuër

Passtüër (plural)
Passtüesch (plural)
Passtürreke (diminutive)
Passtuërinn (feminine)

Borrowed from Latin pāstor, but both the accent and the vocalism require a pronunciation pastōr (from the inflected forms). Compare the same in Dutch pastoor, Central Franconian Pastuur and, as one of two pronunciations, in German Pastor.

(Christianity) pastor (clergyman who serves a parish)


Oëve

The word did not exist in the dialect originally, so it must have entered the dialect through a neighbouring dialect. So, from either Limburgish ǫǫve or Central Franconian Ovve, both from Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *ufnaz, north and West Germanic variant of *uhnaz.


Ape̩l

Äpe̩l (plural)
Ape̩le̩ (plural)
Äpe̩lke̩ (diminutive)

From Old Limburgish *appul (“apple, fruit”), from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.


Viich

tlb

(Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, also Eupen spelling)

From Old French figue, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca (“fig”), from Latin fīcus (“fig tree”), from a pre-Indo European language, perhaps Phoenician 𐤐𐤂 (pg, literally “ripe fig”).


Bie̩r

From Middle Limburgish bire, bir, from Old Limburgish bira, from Late Latin pira, reanalysis of the plural of Latin pirum.


Mǫǫnt

From Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô. Compare German Mond, Alemannic German Mond, Luxembourgish Mound, Central Franconian Mond and Vilamovian mönd for other variants that added a word-final dental plosive.

Mǫnt

Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, variants with final -t

maon

Mǫǫn, Mǫe̩n (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, variants without final -t)


Mǫe̩nt

Southeast Limburgish form of Mǫǫnt (“The Moon”)


Mǫe̩nt

Southeast Limburgish form of Mǫǫnt (“moon”)


Mǫnt

(various Southeast Limburgish variants) Alternative form of Mǫǫnt (“moon”)


Hie̩re̩

tlb

(Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, Southeast Limburgish)

From Proto-West Germanic *hirʀnī, from Proto-Germanic *hirzniją.


Vrǫme̩sch

Reduced form of Vrǫumänsch, equivalent to Vrǫu (“woman”) + Mänsch (“human”, vocative).


Mele̩ktant

Mele̩ktande̩ (plural)
Mele̩ktänt (plural)

Compound of Mele̩k + Tant. Compare English milk tooth, German Milchzahn, Dutch melktand.

(widespread in East Limburgish, Southeast Limburgish, less common in Central Limburgish) milk tooth (tooth of the first set of teeth)

widespread in East Limburgish; Southeast Limburgish; widespread in East Limburgish; Southeast Limburgish


Schniitant

Schniitande̩ (plural)
Schniitänt (plural)

From schniije̩ (“to cut”) + Tant (“tooth”). Compare Dutch snijtand, German Schneidezahn.


Hooktant

From hook (“corner”) + Tant (“tooth”). Compare Dutch hoektand.


Baktant

From Bak (“cheek”) + Tant (“tooth”). Compare German Backenzahn, Dutch baktand (dialectal).

(widespread in Central Limburgish, East Limburgish, East Limburgish-Ripuarian, rare in West Limburgish) molar (tooth)

widespread in Central Limburgish; East Limburgish-Ripuarian; widespread in Central Limburgish; East Limburgish-Ripuarian


äver

From earlier aver, from *aver, *avur (“but”) (cf. Old High German avur (“but”)), from Proto-Germanic *aferą (“after”). Compare German aber, Hunsrik awer, Luxembourgish awer, ower.

Dää iss äver lank gewurde.

(qualifier) rather; quite; unusually; used with adjectives to express a surprising degree, whether this surprise be real or for effect