of

From Middle High German af, ave, from Old High German ava, northern variant of aba, from Proto-West Germanic *ab(a), from Proto-Germanic *ab.
Cognate with German ab, Dutch af, English of and off. The expected Luxembourgish forms are af (< af) and uef (< ave). The form of was probably formed as a compromise between both variants. Otherwise it would imply an irregularly lengthened Middle High German *āf, *āve.

af (alternative dialectal)
uef (alternative dialectal)


bal

From Middle High German balde, from Old High German baldo, adverb of bald, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with German bald, Dutch boud, English bold.


hier

From Middle High German her, from Old High German hera. Compare German her.


ni

Borrowed from German nie, from Middle High German nie, from Old High German nio. The expected Luxembourgish form would be *néi. Ni could only be explained as a generalized unstressed form, which is already implausible because this adverb is often stressed. The Rheinisches Wörterbuch (N = anno 1941) considers the word non-native throughout Central Franconian and says that nie was at that time still missing in a majority of dialects.
For Luxembourgish specifically, the Lexikon der Luxemburger Umgangssprache (1847) gives only kees. The Wörterbuch der Luxemburgischen Mundart (1906) gives kees, keemol, keemools and ni (but not yet nimools). The Luxemburger Wörterbuch (N = anno 1965) gives all forms and already labels kees dated or regional.


der

Fossiled genitive plural of the demonstrative pronoun (see deen). Cognate with German derer (only optionally and rarely so used), Dutch er (used as in Luxembourgish).

Ech hunn zwee Kanner an hien huet der dräi.

Zwou Bulle Mokka, zwou sou séiss wéi Zocker.
 Zwou Bulle Mokka, do fäls de bal vum Hocker.
 Zwou Bulle Mokka, zwou Bulle man dech frou,
 Well et sinn der zwou – esou.

(Can we date this quote?), “Zwou Bulle Mokka”, performed by Fausti:

Two scoops of mocha, two as sweet as sugar.
 Two scoops of mocha, you almost fall off your stool.
 Two scoops of mocha, two scoops make you happy,
 Because they’re two – just like that.
 Or: Because it’s two of them – just like that.

Used with numbers that refer back to a previously named noun; compare French en, Dutch er.


net

From Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“thing, being”), from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wiht- (“thing”). Compare English not, German nicht, Dutch niet, West Frisian net.


ganz

From Middle High German ganz, from Old High German ganz (“whole, sound, healthy, complete, fullstanding”), from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“whole, sound”).


zu

Reduced form of zou, from Middle High German zuo, from Old High German zuo, from Proto-Germanic *tō.

Dat ass net nëmme vill, dat ass zu vill.

(when stressed) Alternative form of ze (“too”)


nach

From Old High German noh. Cognate with German noch, Dutch nog.

Ech léieren nach Lëtzebuergesch.


ob

From Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), from Proto-Indo-European *e-, *ē- (“then, at that time”). Cognate with English if, West Frisian oft (“whether”), Dutch of (“or, whether, but”), Middle Low German ef (“if, whether”), German ob (“if, whether”), Icelandic ef, if (“if”).

Weess du, ob d'Apdikt muer op ass?

Do you know if the pharmacy is open tomorrow?


op

From Old High German *up, north-western variant of ūf. Cognate with German auf, Dutch op, English up.

D'Dier ass op.


aus

From Old High German ūz, from Proto-Germanic *ūt.


haut

Probably from Old High German *hiudu, northern variant of hiutu, though the vocalism is irregular. Similar forms exist in many Moselle Franconian dialects alongside regular forms. Cognate with German heute.


ze

From Middle High German ze, from Old High German zi, from Proto-Germanic *ta, reduced form of *tō, whence Luxembourgish zu and zou.

De Kaffi ass ze waarm fir ze drénken.


och

From a Middle High German contraction och or possibly *uch, from ouch, from Old High German ouh, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with German auch (“also”), Dutch ook (“also”), West Frisian ek (“also, too”), Icelandic og (“and”).


sécher

From Middle High German sicher, from Old High German sihhur, from Proto-West Germanic *sikur, from Latin sēcūrus.


monter

Probably via German munter from Old High German muntar. The form could also be inherited, provided that the Old High German -t- is unshifted due to the following -r- (as in bittar and wintar). The etymology of the Old High German word seems not to have been settled conclusively, although that preferred by Kluge/Seebold (2002) would yield Luxembourgish *monner. Compare German munter and borrowed Dutch monter.


grad

From Middle High German gerat, from Old High German girat, equivalent to ge- + the root of Rad (“wheel”).

Mäi Brudder ass grad heemkomm


hei

From Middle High German hī, contraction of hie, from Old High German hia, alternative form of hiar, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r. Compare archaic German hie. Also cognate with German hier, Dutch hier, English here.


elo

From Middle High German aldā (“right there”), from al + dā (Luxembourgish all + do). Compare Dutch aldaar, archaic German allda.

Ech wëll elo heemgoen.

Dat elo ass eng Schëpp.

(now only with demonstratives) right here; right there


dann

From Middle High German dan, from Old High German danne, from Proto-West Germanic *þan. Cognate with German dann and English then.


vill

From Old High German filu, from Proto-Germanic *felu. Cognate with German viel, Low German veel, viel, Dutch veel, English fele.

Dat Hiem ass vill ze kleng.


gerecht

From Middle High German gereht, from Old High German gireht, from Proto-Germanic *garehtaz, from *ga- + *rehtaz. Cognate with German gerecht, Dutch gerecht.


mol

dräi mol dräi ass néng

times (indicating multiplication of two numbers)


kaum

From Old High German kūmo. Cognate with German kaum, Dutch kuim.


selten

From Middle High German selten, selden, from Old High German seltan, from Proto-West Germanic *seldanā.


fromm

From Middle High German vrume, from Old High German fruma. Cognate with German fromm, Dutch vroom.


glat

From Old High German (*)glad, northern variant of glat, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz. The modern final -t is irregularly generalised from the uninflected stem.


zou

From Middle High German zuo, from Old High German zuo, from Proto-Germanic *tō.
All monosyllabic function words in -éi, -ou (déi, méi, wéi, sou, wou, zwou) have an unstressed pronunciation in [i], [u]. These are normally not reflected in the spelling. The forms zou (adverb) and zu (preposition) are an exception, probably because of the contractions zum, zur, and the corresponding German zu.

adverbial form of the preposition zu (“in, at”)


doran

doranner (alternative)
dran (alternative)


méi

From Old High German mē, from Proto-Germanic *maiz, adverbial form of *maizô. Cognate with German mehr, Dutch meer, West Frisian mear, English more.
The use for the formation of the comparative is probably not in itself due to French influence, regarding that the Germanic superlative has remained entirely functional. It is, however, possible that the development was reinforced by French.

Ech hu méi geschafft ewéi du.

Hien ass méi staark ewéi ech.

Used to form the comparative forms of most adjectives.


wéi

Wéi ass d'Wieder?


wou

From Old High German hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar. Cognate with German wo, English where, Dutch waar, Icelandic hvar.

Vu wou kommt Dir?


kees

Formed from ees (“once”) by analogy with keen (“no”) vs. een (“one”).


leed

From Middle High German leit, from Old High German leid. Cognate with German leid, Dutch leed.

Ech sinn et leed.

Dat deet mer leed.

Hatt deet mer leed.


dach

Inherited from Middle High German doch, from Old High German doh, from Proto-West Germanic *þauh, from Proto-Germanic *þauh. Cognate with German doch, Dutch doch, English though, Icelandic þó.

yes (in response to a negative question or statement)


heem

From Old High German heim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Cognate with German heim, English home, Dutch heem.

Ech kommen um Dënschdeg de Moien heem.


duer

From Old High German dar, from Proto-Germanic *þar. Cognate with German da, English there.

thither, there, over there (to that place)


muer

From Old High German morgane, the adverbial form of morgan.


bannen

From Middle High German binnen. Compare German binnen, Dutch binnen.


domat

domatter (alternative)
domadder (alternative)
domatten (alternative)
domadden (alternative)


knapps

From Middle High German knap. Cognate with German knapp, Dutch knap.


erëm

From Middle High German her ümbe. Compare German herum, Dutch erom. The original sense “around” developed into “back” (as in “come back”, “give back”). The further development into “again, once more” is the same as in German wieder and English again. Compare also the enhanced forms German wiederum, Dutch wederom.


eleng

Cognate with German allein, Dutch alleen, English alone.


ewell

From Middle High German alle wīle (“always”, literally “all while”); equivalent to all + Weile. Cognate with German alleweil (“just, just now, at once, always”).


auserneen

[æːʊ̯zɐˈneːn]


eigentlech

[ˈɑɪʑəndləɕ]


hautdesdaags

Univerbation of haut (“today”) + des (archaic genitive article) + Dag (“day”) + -s (archaic genitive suffix), thus literally “today of the day”. Compare German heutzutage, Dutch vandaag de dag, English nowadays, French au jour d’aujourd’hui.


gëschter

From Old High German gistra, northern variant of gestre (compare Dutch gisteren, early modern German gistern), from Proto-Germanic *gestra-. Also cognate with German gestern, English yester.


grouss

From Middle High German grōz, from Old High German grōz.
Cognate with German groß, Dutch groot, English great, West Frisian grut.


alleréischt

[ˈɑləˈʁɜɪ̯ʃt]

From Early New High German allererst (adv.), from Middle High German allerērst, from Old High German allero ērist. By surface analysis, aller- (intensifying prefix) + eíscht (“first”). Compare Alemannic German allererscht, German allererste, Yiddish אַלערערשט (alerersht).


engersäits

/ˈæŋɐzæːɪ̯t͡s/


hënt

From Old High German hīnaht (“tonight”). Compare archaic German heinacht (“tonight”), Bavarian heint, Yiddish הײַנט (haynt) (both “today”).


dacks

Enhanced adverbial form of déck (“thick”), from Middle High German dicke (“thickly; often”), from Old High German thicco, from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī. Compare Dutch dikwijls (“often”).


firwat

Firwat kräischs du?


eppes

Contracted from etwas, from Old High German eddehwaz. Compare German etwas (“something”), which shows the same contraction in many south-western dialects. Note that eppes is based on the properly High German form was, though Luxembourgish uses wat for “what”. The hybrid nature of Luxembourgish in this important criterion is also seen from the coexistence of dass and datt for the conjunction “that”.
Compare Yiddish עפּעס (epes) and Pennsylvania German, Rhine Franconian, and Swabian ebbes.


doheem

Ech sinn doheem.


uewen

From Old High German *ovana, northern variant of obana. Compare German oben, Icelandic ofan, Old English ufan, Swedish ovan, Dutch boven.


nëmmen

From Middle High German niwan, from Old High German niwan. The -m- perhaps by assimilation to the onset. Alternatively from a conflation with a reduced doublet *man (< *nwan < niwan) or with *mer (< *nwær < niwære). Compare for the former northern German man (“only”), for the latter Central Franconian mär, Dutch maar, German nur.


zesummen

From Old High German zisamane. Cognate with German zusammen, Dutch tezamen, Icelandic saman.


moies

From Middle High German morgens, an adverbial genitive.

mueres (alternative)
muerjes (alternative)


nuets

From Old High German nahtes, adverbial genitive of naht (“night”), whence Luxembourgish Nuecht, Nuet. While regularly lost -ch- was restored in the noun (except in southern dialects), the adverb widely resisted this development due to the final -s. (Compare the same in Recht and riets.)


onappetitlech

From on- (“un-”) + appetitlech (“appetizing”).


fréi

From Middle High German vrōwe, vrūge, vruo, from Old High German fruo, from Proto-West Germanic *frō (“early”).

Méindes muss ech fréi opstoen.


absënns

(slang) a huge amount, a staggering amount


anescht

From Old High German anderes. Cognate with German anders.


geschwënn

From Middle High German geswinde. Cognate with German geschwind, English swith.

Mir hu gespuert dat déi friddlech Zäite geschwënn eriwwer wären.

2013, Christiane de Bricasart, Wann d'Rous sech verstoppt fir ze kräischen, →ISBN:

We sensed that the peaceful times would soon be over.


gläich

From Old High German gilīh, from Proto-Germanic *gilīh. Cognate with German gleich, Dutch gelijk, English alike, Icelandic líkur.


soss

From Middle High German sus, from Old High German sus. Cognate with German sonst, Dutch zus.


baussen

From northern Middle High German būzen, from Old High German būzan, biūzan, from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan. Cognate with Dutch buiten, English but.


staark

From Old High German starc, stark, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz. Cognate with Hunsrik starrik, staarik, German stark, English stark, Dutch sterk, Icelandic sterkur.


daper

From northern Middle High German dapper, from Old High German *dappar, northern variant of taphar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz. Cognate with German tapfer, Dutch dapper, English dapper.


couragéiert

[kuʁaːˈʒɜɪ̯ɐt]


roueg

From Middle High German ruowec; equivalent to Rou + -eg. Cognate with German ruhig.


ronn

From Middle High German runt, from Old French ront, from Latin rotundus. Cognate with German rund, Dutch rond, English round, French rond.

London huet ronn aacht Milliounen Awunner.

London has around eight million inhabitants.


riicht

From Old High German *riht, variant of reht (whence Luxembourgish riets), both from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz. Cognate with German recht, English right, Dutch recht, Icelandic réttur.


riets

From Old High German reht with the regular phonetic development. (Compare the noun Recht, which was influenced by standard German.) The final -s is originally an adverbial genitive ending. Compare German rechts, Dutch rechts.


wäit

From Middle High German wīt, from the uninflected stem of Old High German *wīd, northern variant of wīt. Doublet of weit (“wide”), which is from the inflected forms.


gär

From Middle High German gerne, from Old High German gerno, from Proto-West Germanic *gernō, from Proto-Germanic *gernô. Cognate with German gern, Dutch gaarne, Icelandic gjarna, Swedish gärna.

Ech hätt gär eng Taass Téi.

gladly, with pleasure (expresses English like to)


genee

From Middle High German genöuwe, umlauted variant of genouwe (“narrow, precise”). Cognate with German genau and (without prefix) Dutch nauw.


deemools

Deemools huet sech dat erfëllt, wat duerch de Prophéit Jeremias gesot gi war

Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 2:17

Then it was fulfilled, what had been said through the prophet Jeremiah


duerno

Duerno huet den Däiwel hien op e ganz héije Bierg matgeholl an him alleguer d'Räicher vun der Welt an hir Herrlechkeet gewisen.

Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 4:8

Thereafter the Devil took him up a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.


zeréck

From Old High German zi rugge; equivalent to ze- (“to”) + Réck (“back”).


nees

Contraction of nach ees (“once more”), from Middle High German noch (“still”) + eins (“once”). Compare Dutch nog eens.

De Jesus sot zu senge Jünger: "Dir sidd d'Salz vun der Äerd! Wann awer dat Salz fad ginn ass, wouduerch kann et dann nees salzeg gemaach ginn? Et daacht näischt méi, et ass just nach gutt, fir erausgehäit a vun de Leit zertrëppelt ze ginn.

Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 5:13

Jesus said to his disciples: "You are the salt of the earth! But when the salt has gone bland, with what can it then be made salty again? It is then good for nothing, it is good enough only to be thrown out and trodden on by the people.


begierlech

[bəˈɡiː.ɐ.ləɕ]

[-ˈɡiə̯.ləɕ]

Ech awer soen iech: Jiddereen, deen eng Fra begierlech bekuckt, huet an sengem Häerz scho mat hir d'Bestietnes gebrach.

Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 5:28

But I say to you: Anyone who looks at a woman covetously has already committed adultery in their heart.


ewech

From Old High German. See German weg for more.


kloer

From Middle High German klār, from Middle Dutch claer, from Latin clārus.


villméi

Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 10:6:
ma gitt villméi bei déi verluere Schof aus dem Haus Israel!
but go rather to the lost sheep from the House of Israel!


esouguer

Bei iech awer sinn esouguer d'Hoer um Kapp alleguer gezielt.

Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 10:30

But even the hairs on your head are all numbered.


wuel

From Middle High German wale, wole, from Old High German wala and its ablaut variant wola (the latter assimilated from older wela). Middle High German a and o in open syllables merge in Luxembourgish, so it cannot be decided which of the forms underlies (except possibly from historic written sources). Dialects to the south-east of Luxembourg have o, those to the north and north-east have a (cf. Ripuarian wall, Limburgish waal). Further cognate with German wohl, Dutch wel, English well.

De Moschterkär ass wuel dee klengste vun alle Somkären, ma wann e bis gewuess ass, gëtt e méi grouss wéi all déi aner Gaardeplanzen - e gëtt e Bam, esou datt d'Vigel vum Himmel kommen an an sengen Äscht hir Näschter bauen.

Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 13:32

The mustard grain is indeed the smallest of all seeds, but when it is grown, it becomes greater than all the other plants in the garden - it becomes a tree, so that the birds of Heaven come and build their nests in its branches.


genuch

From Old High German ginuog, from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz.

D'Ekipp ass net gutt genuch.


dräimol

[ˈdʀæˑɪ̯ˌmoːl]


dunn

From Middle High German duo, alternative form of dō (“then, at that time in the past”). The final -n by analogy with dann (“then, at that time in the future”), as also in cognate Dutch toen. Also cognate with German da (merged with another Middle High German word).

D'éischt huet en eppes giess an dunn ass en heemgaangen.

First he ate something and then he went home.

Wéi en eppes giess hat, dunn ass en heemgaangen.

When he had eaten something, [then] he went home.

Dunn huet een dat esou gemat.


mateneen

together, with each other, with one another


beieneen

side by side, by one another, by each other


openeen

on top of each other, on top of one another


siwemol

De Péitrus ass bei de Jesus getratt a sot zu him: "Här, wéi dacks muss ech mengem Brudder verzeien, wann hie géint mech sënnegt? Bis zu siwemol?"

Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 18:21

Peter came to Jesus and said to him: "Lord, how often must I forgive my brother if he sins against me? Up to seven times?"


natierlech

From Natur + -lech, after German natürlich.


kengesfalls

under no circumstances
under no circumstances


ënnereneen

D'Pharisäer sinn zesummekomm an hunn ënnerenee beroden, wéi si de Jesus mat sengen eegene Wierder fänke kéinten.

Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 22:15

The Pharisees went away together and took counsel among themselves, how they could entrap Jesus with his own words.


zevill

Wann zevill Drëpse Blutt op der Säit vu mengem Buch ware, war et onméiglech nach eppes ze liesen.

When too many drops of blood were on the page of my book, it was impossible to read anything more.


awer

From Middle High German aver, from Old High German avur, afar. The expected form is *uewer; the a- is probably due to a levelling influence by cognate German aber, since the native forms show many variants (ower, iewer, iewel, ewel, partly through conflation with Middle High German *evenwal; compare Dutch evenwel).

Dat ass awer deier.

That's rather expensive. ≈ That's more expensive than I would’ve thought.

Du bass awer grouss ginn!

Look how tall you’ve become! (said to a child)

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


nidder

From Middle High German nider, from Old High German nidar, from Proto-West Germanic *niþer. Cognate with German nieder, Dutch neder, English nether, Icelandic niður.


haaptsächlech

[ˈhaːbˌd͡zæɕləɕ]

From Haaptsaach (“main thing”) + -lech (“-like”), after German hauptsächlich.


dozou

[ˈdoːt͡səʊ̯]


géintiwwer

[ɡəɪ̯nˈdivɐ]

[ɡəɪ̯ntˈʔivɐ]

Equivalent to géint + iwwer. Compare German gegenüber, Dutch tegenover.


vläicht

Contracted from *villäicht. See vill and läicht (the latter being a less common variant of liicht). The construct is the same as German vielleicht and perhaps borrowed from there. The contraction into a monosyllable is also common (although not obligatory) in German speech.


schonn

From Old High German scōno. Cognate with German schon.

Hien huet scho véier Kichelcher giess!

Ech hunn haut schonn näischt gedronk.

I haven't had anything to drink yet today.


hannevir

From hannen (“behind”) + vir (“in front”).


gëscht

Alternative form of gëschter (“yesterday”)


guer

From Old High German garo, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz. Cognate with German gar, Dutch gaar, English yare, Icelandic ger.


wuer

From Middle High German ware (“whither”), from Old High German wara.


nawell

Contraction of nach ewell, from nach + ewell.


esou

From Old High German sō, from Proto-West Germanic *swā, from Proto-Germanic *swa. Cognate with German so, Dutch zo, English so, Icelandic svo.

Firwat ass et esou deier?

Fuer net esou séier!

(esou ... datt) so that, in such a way that


uneneen

From un (“on; by; to”) + eneen (“each other, one another”).


dertëschent

From der- (“there-”) + tëschent (“between”).


zugläich

/t͡suˈɡlæːɪ̯ɕ/


ëm

From Middle High German ümbe, from Old High German umbi, from Proto-Germanic *umbi. Cognate with German um, Dutch om, Icelandic um.


queesch

From Old High German *dwerahes, variant of dwerah, whence German quer. For forms with -s compare Middle High German twerhes, Dutch dwars, Old English þweores.


heiansdo

With an interfixed linking -s- from hei an do (literally “here and there”), then used temporally.

sometimes, from time to time, now and then


eréischt

From er- + éischt, the latter from Old High German ēristo. Compare German erst, Dutch eerst.

Hien huet eréischt 6 Joer.


sielen

From Middle High German selden, from Old High German *seldan, northern variant of seltan, from Proto-Germanic *seldanē. Cognate with German selten, Dutch zelden, English seldom.


eegentlech

[ˈeːʑəndləɕ]

From Middle High German eigenlīche, equivalent to eegen + -lech. Cognate with German eigentlich, Dutch eigenlijk.


munchmol

From munch + -mol. Compare German manchmal.


dohin

Bass du haut op de Maart gaangen? Nee, méindes ginn ech dohin.

Did you go to the market today? No, I go there on Mondays.


doduerch

From do + duerch; pronominal adverb of duerch.


plazeweis

in places, in some places, here and there


hannendran

Den Auto ass zou an et sëtzt en Hond hannendran.

The car is locked and there’s a dog in the back.

Hien ass mat senger Aarbecht hannendran.


souwisou

/ˌzəʊ̯viˈzəʊ̯/


héchstens

From the superlative of héich (“high”), after German höchstens.

2001, Lex Roth, Eng Klack for eis Sprooch:

In our language, therefore, it seems that everything should be allowed, just because people who are reckless with language want to make no effort and no thought; at the most, silly remarks about the "tools", with which they earn their crust.


wannechgelift

From underlying wann et iech geléift (“if it may please you”). Compare French s’il vous plaît, Dutch alstublieft, and also (though rarer) German wenn es Ihnen beliebt.
In spite of these parallels in the other languages of the region, the phrase is no longer clearly understood. The spoken word [əɕ] is interpreted not as the usual reduced pronunciation of iech (“you”, formal), but as the pronoun ech (“I”). This fact is seen in the spelling ech, but even more clearly in the fact that the form wann ech gelift is also used with people one address as du (“you”, informal).

wann ech gelift (alternative)
wann ech glift (alternative)
wgl. (alternative)


wéini

From Middle High German wanee, wan ē, *wen ē, from wan, wen (“when”) + ē (“earlier”); compare Dutch wanneer, obsolete German wannehe. Ultimately equivalent to Proto-West Germanic *hwan + *airi.
The Luxembourgish -éi- is irregular (as if from Middle High German *wēnē), perhaps from emphatic usage, in which the disyllabic form was preferred. Luxembourgish later lost the monosyllabic form altogether (as did Dutch).


dovunner

Alternative form of dovun (“thereof, therefrom”)


méiglecherweis

/ˈmɜɪ̯ʁleχɐˌvɑɪ̯s/

[ˈmɜɪ̯ʑləɕɐˌvɑɪ̯s]


doropshin

From do + op + -s- + hin. Compare German daraufhin.


géinteneen

[ˌɡɜɪ̯n.dəˈneːn]


hannerwands

2002, Lex Roth, Eng Klack fir eis Sprooch:

...because as a forcibly conscripted foreigner (yes, right!) he had at first hidden in a safe place...


dogéint

From do (“there”) + géint (“against”); akin to German dagegen.


doraus

[ˈdoːʀæˑʊ̯s]


dorun

dorunner (alternative)
drun (alternative)


zu gudder Lescht

From zu (“to”) + gutt (“good”) + lescht (“last”); literally "to the good last". Compare German zu guter Letzt.


zugudderlescht

zu gudder Lescht
zu gudder Lescht#Luxembourgish


schliisslech

Borrowed from German schließlich. The alternative pronunciation at schléisslech (/iː/ → /ɜɪ̯/) is a later innovation based on the verb schléissen (“to conclude”) (cf. German schließen).


jorelaang

/ˈjoː(ə̯)ʀəlaːŋ/

Mir hu jorelaang zu Lëtzebuerg gewunnt.


duercherneen

[ˌduə̯ɕɐˈneːn]


biergop

From Bierg + op. Compare German bergauf.


maandelweis

From Maandel (“laundry basket”) + -weis (“-wise”).

affix

Mir hu maandelweis Ausdréck mat engem däitsche Gesiicht am Lëtzebuergeschen.

2002 January 26, “Eng Klack fir eis Sprooch”, in Luxemburger Wort:

We have a great number of expressions with a German appearance in Luxembourgish.


hannereneen

From hanner (“after, behind”) + eneen (“each other”).

compound

E puer Mol hannereneen huet hie mech mat der Stir op de Bord vum Dësch gedonnert bis d'Blutt aus menger Nues gesprëtzt koum.

Several times in a row he thumped my forehead on the edge of the table until blood sprayed out of my nose.

successively, in a row, one after the other


eriwwer

Mir hu gespuert dat déi friddlech Zäite geschwënn eriwwer wären.

We sensed that the peaceful times would soon be over.


kéipweis

/ˈkɜɪ̯pvɑɪ̯s/

Mir hu kéipweis Lëtzebuerger Flouernimm, wou eng „Kaul“ op iergendeng Fassong dra virkënnt, vrun allem als „Fuussekaul“...

We have heaps of Luxembourgish place names, where a "Kaul" [hollow] appears in some form, especially as "Fuussekaul" [fox hollow]...


bäikäntech

From be- and Yiddish [script needed] (kaan) meaning here


antëscht

(obsolete) Alternative form of antëschent


raffinéiert

[ʀɑfinˈɜɪɐt]


buerbes

Contraction of the variant above (*buerwes, then by assimilation buerbes); compare Yiddish באָרוועס (borves). Further from Middle High German barvüeze, from Old High German barafuozi, an adjective derived from the adverb *barafuoz, from Proto-West Germanic *barafōt. Cognate with German barfuß, English barefoot etc.


buerféiss

[ˈbuə̯ˌfəɪ̯s]

From Middle High German barvüeze. See the main entry for more.

Alternative form of buerbes (“barefoot”)