A

From Old High German ouga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). The phonetic development in Luxembourgish is regular: Old High German -ou- becomes -ā-; intervocalic -g- is lost; word-final short vowels are apocopated.

der

Ech hunn eppes am A.


A

From Middle High German ouwe, from Old High German ouwa, from Proto-Germanic *awjō. Cognate with German Aue, English eyot, Icelandic ey, Danish ø, Swedish ö.

(only used in place names) floodplain, meadow


Haus

From Central Franconian Haus, from Middle High German hūs, from Old High German hūs, from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-.


Buch

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Buch n (plural Bicher, diminutive Bichelchen)

From Middle High German buoch, from Old High German buoh.


Buch

From Middle High German buoc, from Old High German buog, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz.


Mo

From Old High German mago, from Proto-Germanic *magô.


Maus

From Central Franconian Muus, from Middle High German mūs, from Old High German mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múHs.


Schaf

From Middle High German schaf, from Old High German scaf, from Proto-West Germanic *skap, from Proto-Germanic *skapą. Cognate with regional German Schaff (“tub, vat; cupboard”), Dutch schap.


Welt

From Old High German weralt, from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. Cognate with German Welt, Dutch wereld, English world.


Witz

From Middle High German witze, from Old High German wizzi, from Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją.
Cognate with German Witz, English wit, Dutch wit, Icelandic vit.


Raum

From Middle High German and Old High German rūm, from Proto-West Germanic *rūm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą. Cognate with German Raum, Dutch ruim, English room.


Eisen

From Middle High German īsen, īsern, from Old High German īsarn, from Proto-West Germanic *īsarn.


Schatz

From Middle High German schaz, from Old High German scaz, from Proto-West Germanic *skatt (“cattle, treasure”).


Adler

Alternative spelling of Aadler (“eagle”)


Kraut

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Kraut n (plural Kraider, diminutive Kraidchen)

Inherited from Old High German krūt, from Proto-West Germanic *krūd.


Sau

From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū. Cognate with German Sau, English sow, Icelandic sýr, Swedish so.


Kessel

From Old High German kezzil, from Proto-Germanic *katilaz. Cognate with German Kessel, Dutch ketel, English kettle, Icelandic ketill.


Artillerie

[ˌɑχtiləˈʀiː]

Borrowed from German Artillerie and French artillerie.


Sam

From Old High German soum, from Proto-West Germanic *saum, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz. Cognate with German Saum, English seam, Dutch zoom.


Kummer

From Old High German kamara, a borrowing from Latin camera. Compare German Kammer.


Sprooch

From Middle High German sprāche, from Old High German sprāhha, from Proto-West Germanic *sprākkijā. Cognate with German Sprache, Dutch spraak, English speech.


Serb

From Serbo-Croatian Srb, from Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ.


Gold

From Middle High German golt, from Old High German gold, from Proto-West Germanic *golþ, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą. Cognate with German Gold, English gold, Dutch goud, Icelandic gull.


Absinth

Absinthen (plural)
Absinthe (alternative)


Abt

From Middle High German abt, from Old High German abbat, borrowed from Late Latin abbas.


Adjektiv

Adjektiven (plural)
Adjectif (alternative)


Adjutant

Adjutant m (plural Adjutanten, feminine Adjutantin)

Adjutanten (plural)
Adjutantin (feminine)


Adresse

Alternative spelling of Adress (“address”)


Agenda

From Latin agenda, substantive use of the neuter plural of agendus (“which ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“I do, act, make”).


Alter

From German Alter n. The masculine gender, though existing dialectally in German, is probably triggered by French âge.


Ananas

Ananas m or f (plural Ananassen or Ananas)


Bad

From Old High German bad, from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą.


Ball

From Middle High German and Old High German bal, from Proto-West Germanic *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.


Band

Probably either borrowed from German Band, or inherited from Old High German bant.


Bank

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


Bier

From Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô. Compare German Bär, English bear, Dutch beer.


Bier

From Old High German bira, from Latin pirum.


Bier

From Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją. Compare German Beere, Danish bær, English berry.


Bild

From Middle High German bilde, from Old High German bilidi, biladi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþī.


Blat

From Old High German (*)blad, northern variant of blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą. Cognate with German Blatt, Dutch blad, English blade.


Bock

From Middle High German buc, from Old High German buc, alternative form of boc (which would have yielded Luxembourgish *Back), from Proto-West Germanic *bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.


Bolt

From Middle High German bet, bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-West Germanic *badi.


Bor

From German Bor n and French bore m, both ultimately from Latin borax.


Bord

Borrowed from French bord. Displaced synonymous native Buerd.

Beim zweeten Ulaf ass meng Stir nach eng Kéier um Bord vum Dësch gelant.

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

On the second attempt, my forehead once again landed on the edge of the table.


Brand

From Middle High German brant, from Old High German brant, from Proto-West Germanic *brand. Cognate with German Brand, Dutch brand, English brand, West Frisian brân.


Café

Borrowed from French café. Doublet of Kaffi.


Chef

Chef m (plural Cheffen, feminine Cheffin)


Computer

From English computer, partly through German Computer.


Dag

From Middle High German dach, from Old High German *dag, northern variant of tag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.
The plural Deeg is derived from the singular with a secondary umlaut. But compare Do, the regular outcome of the older plural and dative singular. Cognate with German Tag, Dutch dag, English day, Icelandic dagur.


Dier

From Middle High German türe, from Old High German duri, a northern variant of turi.


Dill

From Middle High German dille, from Old High German dilla, from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ. Cognate with German Diele, Dutch deel, English thill.


Donner

From Middle High German dunre, dunder, variants of doner, from Old High German donar, *duner.


Dot

From Middle High German dāt, from Old High German *dāt, northern variant of tāt, from Proto-West Germanic *dādi, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz.
Cognate with German Tat, Dutch daad, West Frisian died, English deed, Icelandic dáð.

Et war eng verstoppte Kamera installéiert ginn, fir den Déif op frëscher Dot ze erwëschen.

A hidden camera had been installed in order to catch the thief in the act.


Dreck

From Middle High German drëc, from Old High German drec, from Proto-West Germanic *þraki. Cognate with German Dreck, Dutch drek.


Enkel

From Middle High German enkel, from Old High German ankala, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz.


Enkel

From German Enkel, from Old High German eniklīn.


Fermium

From New Latin fermium, named after atomic physicist Enrico Fermi. For the surname see Fermi.


Fleck

From Middle High German vlec, from Old High German flec, from Proto-West Germanic *flekkō, from Proto-Germanic *flekka-. Cognate with German Fleck, Dutch vlek, English fleck, Swedish fläck.


Fra

From Old High German frouwa, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ. Cognate with German Frau, Dutch vrouw, Icelandic frú, Danish frue.


Gal

From Middle High German galle, from Old High German galla, from Proto-Germanic *gallō. Cognate with German Galle, Dutch gal, English gall, West Frisian galle.


Gas

Via German and/or French from Dutch gas.


Gel

From French gel, after English gel, shortening of gelatin, itself from French gélatine.


Geld

From Middle High German gelt, from Old High German kelt, from Proto-West Germanic *geld.


Glas

From Old High German glas, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą. Cognate with German Glas, Dutch glas, English glass.


Gras

From Old High German gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą.


Hal

From Middle High German halle, from Old High German halla, from Proto-West Germanic *hallu.
Cognate with German Halle, English hall, Dutch hal, Icelandic höll, French halle.

hall (very large room, used for sports, concerts, exhibitions, etc.)


Hall

From French hall, from English hall. Doublet of inherited Hal (“hall”).

foyer, lobby, hall, hallway (room, especially near the entrance, which connects other rooms)


Hals

From Old High German hals, from Proto-West Germanic *hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz.


Ham

From Middle High German hamme, from Old High German hama, from Proto-Germanic *hammō. Cognate with Dutch ham, English ham, dialectal German Hamme.


Hand

Hand f (plural Hänn, diminutive Händchen)

From Middle High German and Old High German *hand, northern variant of hant, from Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.


Handy

Hien däerf den Handy vu sengem eelere Brudder benotzen.

He may use his elder brother's mobile phone.


Haut

From Middle High German and Old High German hūt.


Heck

From Middle High German hegge, from Old High German heggia, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju. Cognate with German Hecke, Dutch heg, English hedge.


Heel

From an underlying Middle High German *höuwel, from the verb houwen, whence Luxembourgish haen (“to hit, chop”); derived either directly from the verb with the tool suffix -el or as a diminutive of the noun houwe, from Old High German houwa (“hoe”), related to the verb houwan (“to hew”).
Alternatively or additionally, the word could be from Middle High German *heiel, diminutive of heie, from Old High German heia (“battering ram”), since related words in Central Franconian also mean “ram; wooden hammer; masher of an oil press”.


Held

From Middle High German helt, from Old High German helid, from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ.


Heldin

Heldin f (plural Heldinnen, masculine Held)

From Held (“hero”) + -in (feminine suffix).


Helm

Backformed (perhaps under German influence) from the plural of older Hellem, from Middle High German helm, from Old High German helm, from Proto-West Germanic *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz.
Cognate with German Helm, Dutch helm, English helm, Icelandic hjálmur.


Himmel

From Middle High German himel, from Old High German himil.


Ho

From Middle High German hage, a merger of Old High German hag and hagan, from variants of Proto-Germanic *hagô (stem uncertain). Cognate with German Hag and Hain, Dutch haag, English haw. The feminine gender also in Middle Dutch haghe, Middle Low German hāge.


Hol

From Middle High German hagel, from Old High German hagal, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz.


Hummer

From Old High German hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz. Cognate with German Hammer, Dutch hamer, English hammer, Icelandic hamar.


Januar

From German Januar, from Latin Ianuarius.


Kan

Kan f (plural Kanen, diminutive Kännchen)

From Old High German channa, from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ. Cognate with German Kanne, Dutch kan, English can, Icelandic kanna.


Kilometer

Kilometer m (plural Kilometer or Kilometeren)


Koffer

From Middle High German cuffer, north-western variant of kupfer, from Old High German kophar, from Latin cuprum. Cognate with German Kupfer, Dutch koper, English copper, Icelandic kopar.


Lack

From Italian lacca, from Arabic لَكّ (lakk), from Persian لاک (lâk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā).
The uncountable form comes from Yiddish log which was a measure of fluids.


Land

From Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą.


Laus

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


Lee

From Middle High German leie. Cognate with German Lei, Dutch lei.

(countable) slate, plate of slate (for roofing or writing)

(uncountable, dated) slate as a material


Long

From Old High German lunga, from Proto-Germanic *lungô. Cognate with German Lunge, Dutch long, English lung, Icelandic lunga.


Magnesium

From New Latin magnēsium, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía, “Magnesia”).


Mango

From English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

der

Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy)


Mann

From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, from Proto-Indo-European *mon-. Cognate with German Mann.


Mass

From Middle High German misse, from Old High German missa (variant of messa), from Latin missa. Cognate with English mass, German Messe, Hunsrik Mess, Danish messe, Dutch mis.

(Roman Catholicism) mass; Mass (kind of liturgical service)


Mast

From German Mast. Displaced the inherited form above.


Matt

From Middle High German motte. Cognate with German Motte, Dutch mot, English moth.


Maul

From Middle High German mūl, mūle (“snout, mouth”), from Old High German *mūl, mūla (“snout”), from Proto-Germanic *mūlą, *mūlō (“muzzle, snout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“lips, muzzle”).


Mongol

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Mongol m (plural Mongolen, feminine Mongolin)


Mount

From a merger of Middle High German māne (from Old High German māno, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō), and Middle High German mānōt (from Old High German mānōd, from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ). See Mound (“moon”) for more.


Pad

From Old High German phad, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz. Cognate with German Pfad, Dutch pad, English path.


Pan

From Old High German panna, northern variant of phanna, akin to German Pfanne, Dutch pan, English pan.

Hee bréit d'Fleesch an der Pan.


Paprika

Capsicum annuum
Capsicum annuum#Translingual


Par

From Middle High German parre, from Old High German *parra, northern variant of pharra, from Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía). Cognate with dated German Pfarre (now usually Pfarrei).


Pass

Ultimately from Old French pas (“step, pace”).


Personal

Dës Toilettë sinn nëmme fir d'Personal.


Pol

From Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).


Problem

From French problème and German Problem. Pronunciation and gender are based on the French word, whereas the spelling is that of German.

De Jugendchômage ass e Problem, dee séier muss geléist ginn.

Youth unemployment is a problem that needs to be solved quickly.


Rad

Rad n (plural Rieder, diminutive Riedchen)

From Middle High German rat, from Old High German rad, from Proto-West Germanic *raþ, from Proto-Germanic *raþą. Cognate with German Rad, Dutch rad.


Ram

From Old High German roum, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz. Cognate with German Rahm, Dutch room, English ream, and Icelandic rjómi.


Rand

Rand n (plural Ranner, diminutive Rëndchen)

From Middle High German rint, from Old High German rind.

a bovine mammal, for example a cow or ox


Rat

From Middle High German ratte, from Old High German ratta, perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *ratt, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz, though the consonantism in High German is unexplained.
Cognate with German Ratte, Dutch rat, English rat, Icelandic rotta.


Recht

From Middle High German rëht, from Old High German reht, from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtą.
Formally influenced by German Recht; the expected form is *Riet (or *Riecht) as in the adjective riets. Compare Dutch recht, English right.


Rock

From Middle High German and Old High German roc, from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz. Cognate with German Rock, Dutch rok, Icelandic rokkur.


Rot

From Old High German rāt, from Proto-West Germanic *rād, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz.
Cognate with German Rat, Dutch raad, English rede, Icelandic ráð.


Sand

From Middle High German and Old High German sant.


See

From Old High German saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagō. Cognate with German Säge, English saw, Dutch zaag, Icelandic sög, Danish sav.


Seen

Borrowed from German Sehne, from Old High German sena, from Proto-Germanic *senawō. Cognate with English sinew, Dutch zenuw, Icelandic sin, Danish sene.


Signal

From German Signal (compare the gender) and French signal (compare the pronunciation).


So

From Old High German saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ. Cognate with German Sage, Dutch sage.


Som

From Middle High German sāme, from Old High German sāmo. Cognate with German Samen and further Latin sēmen (“seed”), Russian семя (semja, “seed”).


Speck

From Middle High German spëc, from Old High German spek, from Proto-West Germanic *spik.
Cognate with German Speck, Dutch spek, English speck, Icelandic spik.


Stall

From Old High German stal, from Proto-Germanic *stallaz.


Steen

Steen m (plural Steng, diminutive Steenchen or Stengchen)

Steng (plural)
Steenchen (diminutive)
Stengchen (diminutive)

From Middle High German and Old High German stein, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. Cognates include German Stein, Dutch steen, English stone, Swedish sten.
The alternation between the stems Steen and Steng is due to the Luxembourgish velarisation of -n- that took place only in open syllables. (The plural used to have the ending -e, as it still does in German.) Similar alternations are found in some other nouns (e.g. Latäin, Schwäin, Wäin), but Steen is the only one that retains distinct stems for singular and plural.

(uncountable, geology) stone (substance, material)


Strand

From Middle High German strand, from Old High German strant, from Proto-Germanic *strandō. Cognate with German Strand, Dutch strand, English strand, Icelandic strönd.


Su

(slang, in the singular) penny (small sum)

(in the plural) financial resources, funds


Summer

From Old High German sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz. Cognate with German Sommer, Alemannic German Summer, Bavarian Summer, English summer, Dutch zomer, West Frisian simmer, Icelandic sumar.

seasons: Joreszäit: Fréijoer · Summer · Hierscht · Wanter [edit]


Tennis

From French tennis and/or German Tennis, both from English tennis. The masculine gender suggests that French mediation was predominant.


Vers

From Middle High German vers, from Old High German fers, from Latin versus.


Wal

From German Wal, from Old High German wal, from Proto-West Germanic *hwal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz. Compare Dutch walvis, English whale, Danish hval, Icelandic hvalur.


Wal

From German Wahl, from Old High German wala, from Proto-West Germanic *walu, from Proto-Germanic *walō. The related terms below are inherited.


Wal

From Old High German wald, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz. Cognate with German Wald, Dutch woud, English wold.

(in field names, otherwise obsolete) forest


Wand

From Middle High German and Old High German wint.


Wand

From Middle High German and Old High German want.


Wo

From Old High German wāga. Cognate with German Waage.

Libra (constellation and astrological sign)


Won

From Middle High German wagen, from Old High German wagan, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn. Cognate with German Wagen, Dutch wagen, English wain, West Frisian wein, Icelandic vagn.


Ramadan

From German Ramadan and French ramadan, from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

(Islam) Ramadan (the fast held during this month)


Graf

From Middle High German graf, from Old High German graf, northern variant of grab, from Proto-Germanic *grabą. Cognate with German Grab, Dutch graf, Plautdietsch Grauf, English grave, Danish grav, Icelandic gröf.


Gehacktes

From earlier Gehaaktes, influenced by German Gehacktes, from haken, hacken (“to hack”), respectively.


Minn

From Old French mine. Compare English mine, German Mine.


Minn

From French mine, from Breton min. Compare German Miene.


Minn

From Middle High German *müne, from Old High German muniwa, from Proto-West Germanic *muniwu. Compare regional German Möhn, Münne, Dutch meun, English minnow.

Leuciscus cephalus
Leuciscus cephalus#Translingual

Squalius cephalus
Squalius cephalus#Translingual

European chub (Leuciscus cephalus, now Squalius cephalus)


Bauer

From Middle High German būre, gebūre, from Old High German būr (“peasant”), gibūr, gibūro.


Bus

From Omnibus, with influence from English bus.


Brot

From Old High German brāto, from Proto-Germanic *brēdô. Cognate with German Braten, Dutch braad, Icelandic bráð.


Sauerstoff

/ˈzɑʊ̯ɐˌʃtof/

[ˈzɑʊ̯ɐˌʃtof]


Platin

Alternative form of Platinn (“platinum”)


Bett

From Middle High German bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-West Germanic *badi.


Handlung

From German Handlung, equivalent to handelen + -ung.


Abenteuer

Borrowed from German Abenteuer, from Middle High German āventiure, itself borrowed from Old French aventure.


Bauch

From Middle High German būch, from Old High German būh, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”). More at bouk.


Salz

From Old High German salz, from Proto-West Germanic *salt, from Proto-Germanic *saltą. Cognate with German Salz, Dutch zout, English salt, Icelandic salt.


Alkoholikerin

Alkoholikerin f (plural Alkoholikerinnen, masculine Alkoholiker)

Alkoholikerinnen (plural)
Alkoholiker (masculine)

female equivalent of Alkoholiker (“alcoholic”)


Sucht

From Middle High German and Old High German suht, from Proto-West Germanic *suhti, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.
Cognate with German Sucht, Dutch zucht, Icelandic sótt.


Holz

From Old High German holz, from Proto-West Germanic *holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą. Cognate with German Holz, Dutch hout, English holt, Icelandic holt.


Messer

Messer n (plural Messeren, diminutive Messerchen)

Messeren (plural)
Messerchen (diminutive)


Leier

From Old High German līra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra).


Zelt

From Middle High German zëlt, from Old High German zelt, from Proto-West Germanic *teld, from Proto-Germanic *teldą.


Luchs

From German Luchs. Though the native form Luuss is now less common, it survives in general Luxembourgish in the words luusseg (“cunning”) and luussen (“to peek, peer”).


Feld

From Middle High German vëlt, from Old High German feld, from Proto-West Germanic *felþu.


Pech

From Old High German peh, from Latin pix. Cognate with German Pech, Dutch pek, English pitch.


Netz

From Middle High German netze, from Old High German nezzi. Cognate with German Netz, Dutch net, English net, Icelandic net.

Dunn hunn si direkt hir Netzer leie gelooss a sinn him nogaang.

Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 4:20

Then they immediately laid down their nets and followed him.


Mauer

From Central Franconian Mouer, from Middle High German mūre, from Old High German mūra, from Proto-West Germanic *mūrā, borrowed from Latin mūrus, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- + *-rós.


Igel

From Old High German igil, from Proto-West Germanic *igil, from Proto-Germanic *igilaz. Cognate with German Igel, Dutch egel, West Frisian ychel.


Schal

From German Schal, from English shawl, from Persian شال (šâl).


Dachs

From German Dachs, widely replacing the native form above.


Süden

From German Süden, from Middle Dutch suden.


Hirsch

From German Hirsch. The native cognate is archaic Hierz.


Hanf

From German Hanf, chiefly displacing the native form above.


Spargel

From 15th-century Middle High German sparge, spargen, sparges, from Medieval Latin sparagus, asparagus. See German Spargel for more.


Keim

From Middle High German kīm, kīme, from Old High German kīmo.


Zaster

Borrowed from Romani sáster (“iron”), from Sanskrit अस्त्र (astra, “missile weapon”).


Marder

From Middle High German marder, from Old High German mardar, from Proto-Germanic *marþraz.


Oder

From Middle High German āder, from Old High German ādra, from Proto-West Germanic *ādrā.


Trauer

From Middle High German trūre (“mourning”), from Old High German trūrēn (“to mourn”), from Proto-Germanic *dreusaną (“to fall”) or *dreuzagaz (“sad”), both from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews- (“to break apart”).


Herzog

[ˈhæχˌt͡soːχ]


Trapp

en Trapp Kéi – a herd of cows

en Trapp Vigel – a flock of birds


Muckefuck

(slang) coffee substitute, ersatz coffee


Schach

From German Schach, from Classical Persian شاه (šāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”).


Gott

From Middle High German got, from Old High German got.
Both the vocalism (-o- instead of -a-) and the plural are influenced by German Gott. Also cognate with English god, Dutch god, Icelandic guð, Danish gud.


Laut

From Middle High German lūt, from Old High German lūt, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz. Cognate with German Laut, Dutch luid, Old English hlȳd, Icelandic hljóð, Danish lyd.


Becher

From Middle High German becher, from Old High German behhari, from Latin bicarium, probably a diminutive of Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos, “amphora”).
Cognate with German Becher, Dutch beker, English beaker (via Old Norse), Icelandic bikar.


Zwilling

Gemini (constellation and astrological sign)


Zoll

From Middle High German and Old High German zol, from Medieval Latin toloneum, from Late Latin teloneum (“custom house”).
Cognate with German Zoll, English toll, Dutch tol, Icelandic tollur, Swedish tull.


Braut

From Middle High German and Old High German brūt. The regular form of the plural is archaic Brait (cf. Haut → Hait), but the alternation in the diphthong’s onset was levelled here.
Cognate with German Braut, English bride, Dutch bruid, Icelandic brúður.


Gebot

Geboter (plural)
Gebott (alternative dated)

From earlier Gebott, influenced by German Gebot, both from Middle High German gebot, from Old High German gibot. Cognate with Dutch gebod.


Hank

From late Middle High German hanc (“hanging”); see hängen (“to hang”).


Bäcker

From northern Middle High German becker, from Old High German beckeri, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz. Equivalent to backen + -er.


Storch

Storchen (plural)
Stuerk (alternative dated)

From German Storch, widely displacing the native form above.


Zweck

From Middle High German zwec, from Old High German zwec. Cognate with German Zweck.


Nummer

(colloquial) character (idiosyncratic person)


Widder

From Middle High German wider, from Old High German widar, from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz. Cognate with German Widder, Dutch weder, English wether, Danish væder, Icelandic veður, Swedish vädur.

Aries (constellation and astrological sign)


Jugend

Possibly inherited from Middle High German jugent, from Old High German jugund, from Proto-Germanic *jugunþiz. Cognate with Dutch jeugd, English youth. The Rheinisches Wörterbuch considers both this word and the rhyming Dugend borrowings from German, though they are phonetically regular.


Lamm

lb-noun

Lamm n (plural Lämmer, diminutive Lämmchen)

Lämmer (plural)
Lämmchen (diminutive)
Lam (alternative)

From Middle High German lamp, from Old High German lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.


Zack

From Middle High German zacke. Cognate with German Zacke, Dutch tak.


Schaum

From Middle High German schūm, from Old High German scūm, from Proto-West Germanic *skūm. Cognate with German Schaum, Dutch schuim, English scum.


Stier

From Middle High German stirne, from Old High German stirna, from Proto-West Germanic *stirniju. Cognate with German Stirn.


Lieder

From Old High German leder, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą. Cognate with German Leder, Dutch leder, English leather, Icelandic leður.


Ahorn

From Middle High German ahorn, from Old High German ahorn. Perhaps cognate with Latin acer.

(uncountable) maple; the wood of the tree


Gebiet

From Old High German gibet. Compare German Gebet, Dutch gebed.


Schauer

From Middle High German schūre, from Old High German scūr, from Proto-West Germanic *skūru, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō. Cognate with German Schauer, Dutch schoer, English shower.


Schluss

From Middle High German sluz, ultimately from the root of schléissen (“to close, shut”); the expected Luxembourgish form is *Schloss. Cognate with German Schluss.


Bau

From Old High German bū. Cognate with German Bau, Dutch bouw, Swedish bo.


Apostel

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos)


Biber

Borrowed from German Biber. The native form is obsolete Biw(w)er.


Damm

From Old High German *damm, northern variant of tamm, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.


Fach

From German Fach, from Middle High German vach, from Old High German fah, from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką.
The contemporary form is clearly of German origin; there may have been an inherited *Faach, but the older dictionaries do not give it. Compare Gefaach.


Feier

From Middle High German viur, from Old High German fiur, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir. Cognate with German Feuer, Dutch vuur, West Frisian fjoer, English fire.


Feier

From Middle High German vīre, from Old High German fīra, ultimately from Latin fēriae. Compare German Feier.


Feind

From Middle High German vīant, from Old High German fīand, fīant, from Proto-West Germanic *fijand, from Proto-Germanic *fijandz.


Fluch

From Old High German flug, from Proto-Germanic *flugiz.


Geier

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


Gesetz

From Middle High German gesetze, gesetzede, from Old High German gisezzida (“fixing, determination, assessment”), from sezzen (“to make sit, set, put”), from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan (“to set, put down”).

der

Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 5:17

Jesus said to his disciples: "Do not think that I came to annul the law or the prophets! I am come not to annul, but to fulfill."

De Jesus sot zu senge Jünger: "Mengt net, ech wär komm, fir d'Gesetz oder d'Prophéiten ofzeschafen! Ech sinn net komm fir ofzeschafen, ma fir z'erfëllen."


Gleis

railway (track on which trains run), track


Hammel

Probably inherited from Old High German hamal, though the modern Luxembourgish form is based on German Hammel; the native equivalent would be *Hummel. The word was rare because the area has very little tradition in sheep farming.


Keller

From Middle High German keller, from Old High German kellari, from Proto-West Germanic *kellārī (“cellar, storeroom”).


Bak

From Old High German backo. Cognate with German Backe.


Knall

From Middle High German knellen (“to crash, crack, creak”), probably of onomatopoeic origin (lautmalend).


Kran

From German Kran. The originally Luxembourgish cognate is Krunn.


Kranz

From Middle High German Kranz, from Old High German krenzen. See German Kranz for more.


Kürbis

From Middle High German kürbiz, from Old High German kurbiz, from Proto-West Germanic *kurbit. Cognate with Yiddish קירבעס (kirbes).


Märchen

Märercher (plural)
Mäerchen (alternative)


Schall

From Middle High German schal, from Old High German scal, from Proto-West Germanic *skellan.


Schenkel

From Middle High German schenkel, schinkel, from Old High German scanca.


Schlag

From Middle High German slac, from Old High German slag, Proto-West Germanic *slagi.
The plural Schléi is original, preserving the regular Luxembourgish loss of intervocalic -g- (cf. German Schläge).
Cognate with German Schlag, Dutch slag, Icelandic slag.


Schmalz

From the Middle High German smalz, from the Old High German smalz, from the Proto-West Germanic *smalt (“(molten) fat, lard”), an ablaut derivative of *smeltaną.


Schwan

Alteration of the inherited Schwunn after German Schwan, both from Middle High German and Old High German swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”). Cognate with Dutch zwaan, English swan.


Spann

From Middle High German spinne, from Old High German spinna, from the base of the verb spannen (“to spin”), similar to Dutch spin.


Strauch

lb-noun

Strauch m (plural Straich or Straicher or Sträich or Sträicher)

Straich (plural)
Straicher (plural)
Sträich (plural)
Sträicher (plural)

From Middle High German strūch. Cognate with German Strauch, Dutch struik.


Trüffel

From German Trüffel, from French truffe.


Allee

From French allée, chiefly through German Allee.


Dichter

From German Dichter, equivalent to dichten (“to compose”) + -er.


Kapitel

From Middle High German kapitel, from Old High German kapital, from Latin capitulum.


Ziffer

From late Middle High German zifer (“digit”), from Old French cifre, from Medieval Latin cifra.


Zeitung

From German Zeitung. The inherited Luxembourgish cognate is obsolete Zeideng (“tidings”).


Aart

From Old High German art, from Proto-Germanic *ardiz. Cognate with German Art, Dutch aard.


Léift

From northern Middle High German *liefde (attested as leift). Analysable as léif (“beloved, dear, sweet”) + -t. Compare obsolete German Liebde, Dutch liefde.


Monsieur

Female equivalent: Damm, Madamm

Female equivalent: Fra, Madamm


Klo

From Old High German klawa, from Proto-Germanic *klawō. Cognate with German Klaue, Dutch klauw, English claw.


Klo

From Old High German klaga. Compare German Klage, Dutch klacht.


Kätzchen

diminutive of Kaz: kitten; little cat; endearing cat


Champignon

[ʃɑ̃ːpiˈnjõː]

Borrowed from French champignon (“mushroom”).


Polizist

lb-noun

Polizist m (plural Polizisten, feminine Polizistin)

Polizisten (plural)
Polizistin (feminine)


Maikäfer

From Mee (“May”) + Kiewerlek (“beetle”), after German Maikäfer.


Biologie

From German Biologie and French biologie.


Handgelenk

From Hand + Gelenk, after German Handgelenk.


Rees

From Middle High German reise, from Old High German reisa, from Proto-West Germanic *raisu.

Si maachen eng Rees op Bréissel.


Malz

From Old High German malz, from Proto-Germanic *maltą. Cognate with German Malz, English malt.


Geheimnis

Geheimnisser (plural)
Geheimnes (alternative)


Grill

Borrowed from French gril, partly through English grill and German Grill.


Grill

Borrowed from German Grille, from Old High German grillo, from Latin gryllus. Cognate with French grillon.


Enkelin

Enkelin f (plural Enkelinnen, masculine Enkel)


Politiker

Politiker m (plural Politiker, feminine Politikerin)

Politiker (plural)
Politikerin (feminine)


Schwangerschaft

Schwangerschaft f (plural Schwangerschaften)

/ˈʃwɑŋɐʃɑft/


Astrologie

From German Astrologie and French astrologie.


Tempel

Dueropshin huet den Däiwel hien an déi helleg Stad matgeholl an hien op d'Spëtzt vum Tempel gestallt.

Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 4:5

Then the Devil took him into the Holy City and set him on the pinnacle of the temple.


Britt

From Proto-West Germanic *broþ, Proto-Germanic *bruþą. Cognate with English broth.


Programm

From German Programm and French programme, from Latin programma, from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma).


Ketten

From Middle High German ketene, from Old High German ketina, from Latin catēna. Cognate with German Kette.


Sklaverei

/sklaːvəˈʀɑɪ̯/


Zocker

From Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zuckar, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic, from Persian, from Sanskrit. Cognate with German Zucker.


Quadrat

head

Quadrat m (plural Quadraten or Quadrater)


Bildung

From Middle High German bildunge, from Old High German bildunga.


Poul

From Old High German pfāl, ultimately from Latin pālus, possibly via a Proto-Germanic intermediate. Cognate with German Pfahl, Dutch paal, English pole, Swedish påle.


Majoran

From Middle High German [Term?], from Late Old High German [Term?], from Medieval Latin [Term?], from Latin majorana.


Magie

Borrowed from French magie, from Latin magīa, from Ancient Greek μαγεία (mageía).

(occult) magic (use of supernatural rituals, forces etc.)


Animateur

lb-noun

Animateur m (plural Animateuren, feminine Animatrice)

Animateuren (plural)
Animatrice (feminine)

holiday representative, club representative, entertainer


Leif

From Middle High German līf, from Old High German *līf, northern variant of līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą. Cognate with German Leib, Dutch lijf, West Frisian liif, English life, Icelandic líf. The form Leif has the vowel of the older dative and plural, while the variant Läif continues the nominative and accusative singular.


Wiesen

From Middle High German wesen, from Old High German wesan, from the verb wesan (“to be, to exist”), from Proto-Germanic *wesaną. Cognate with German Wesen.


Brasilianerin

Brasilianerin f (plural Brasilianerinnen)

Brasilianer (“person from Brazil”) + -in


Gramm

From French gramme, perhaps partly through German Gramm.


Mol

From Old High German māl, from Proto-West Germanic *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą.
Cognate with German Mal, Dutch maal, English meal, Icelandic mál, Swedish mål.


Mol

From Old High German māl, meil. Cognate with German Mal, Dutch maal; compare also English mole.


Ingenieur

/ˌæ̃ʒenˈjøː(e)ʀ/

[ˌæ̃ːʒənˈjøː.ɐ]


Schweedin

lb-noun

Schweedin f (plural Schweedinnen, masculine Schweed)

Schweedinnen (plural)
Schweed (masculine)

female equivalent of Schweed (“Swede, Swedish person”)


Blinddarm

Alternative spelling of Blinddaarm (“appendix”)


Alkoholiker

Alkoholiker m (plural Alkoholiker, feminine Alkoholikerin)

Alkoholiker (plural)
Alkoholikerin (feminine)


Dimmer

From Middle High German temer, *demer (“knock, thump, hammering sound”), probably onomatopoeic.


Abonnement

[ˌɑbonəˈmɑ̃ː]


Abonnent

Abonnent m (plural Abonnenten, feminine Abonnentin)

Abonnenten (plural)
Abonnentin (feminine)


Appartement

[ˌɑpɑχtəˈmɑ̃ː]

[ɑˌpaː(χ)təˈmɑ̃ː]


Modell

From German Modell, from Italian modello.


Zeiger

From German Zeiger, possibly reinforced by northern Luxembourgish (dialectal) Zeier.


Japaner

Japaner m (plural Japaner, feminine Japanerin)


Linn

From Old High German linna, from Latin līnea. Cognate with German Linie.


Akrobat

Akrobat m (plural Akrobaten, feminine Akrobatin)


Kant

Perhaps directly from Middle Dutch kante, or through German Kante, from Middle Low German kante, from the same. Further from Old French *cant, northern variant of chant, from Latin cantus.


Akademie

[ˌɑkɑdəˈmiː]

Borrowed from German Akademie and French académie.


Japanerin

Japanerin f (plural Japanerinnen, masculine Japaner)

Japanerinnen (plural)
Japaner (masculine)

female equivalent of Japaner (“Japanese person”)


Litauer

Litauer m (plural Litauer, feminine Litauerin)


Chirurg

Chirurg m (plural Chirurgen, feminine Chirurgin)

From Latin chīrūrgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós).


Ukrainer

Ukrainer m (plural Ukrainer, feminine Ukrainerin)


Katz

From early German Kotz. Cognate with German Kotze.


Äquator

From German Äquator, from Latin aequātor.


Zeitungen

/ˈt͡sɑɪ̯tuŋən/

[ˈt͡sɑɪ̯tʰuŋən]


Figur

piece (one of the small objects played in board games)

figure (a drawing or representation conveying information)


Autogramm

[ˌɑʊ̯toˈɡʀɑm]


Gedanken

From Middle High German gedanc, from Old High German gidanc. Cognate with German Gedanke.

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.


Athlet

Athlet m (plural Athleten, feminine Athletin)


Aker

From Old High German ackar, from Proto-Germanic *akraz. Cognate with German Acker, Dutch akker, English acre, Icelandic akur.


Kap

Kap f (plural Kapen, diminutive Käppchen)

From Middle High German kappe, from Old High German kappa, from Latin cappa. Cognate with German Kappe, English cap.


Läffel

From Middle High German leffel, from Old High German leffil, from Proto-West Germanic *lapil. Cognate with German Löffel, Dutch lepel.


Patt

Patt m (plural Pätt, diminutive Pättchen)

From northwestern Middle High German pot, itself either an unshifted relict or a borrowing from Middle Dutch, from Proto-West Germanic *pott. Cognate with German Pott, Dutch pot, English pot, French pot. The sense “(large) drinking vessel” is also found in neighbouring dialects of Moselle Franconian.

a drinking vessel, now chiefly one for alcoholic drinks


Patt

Patt f (plural Patten, diminutive Pättchen)

paw of an animal, or (derogatory) hand of a person


Da

From Middle High German tou, from Old High German (*)dou, northern variant of tou, from Proto-West Germanic *dauw. Cognate with German Tau, English dew, Dutch dauw.


Rauten

[ˈʀæˑʊ̯.tən]


Beamten

Beamten m (plural Beamten, feminine Beamtin)


Abseits

[ˈɑpˌzɑɪ̯t͡s]

From German Abseits, from English offside.


Goi

Derived from Hebrew גוי (“non-Jewish woman”).


Kar

lb-noun

Kar f (plural Karen, diminutive Käerchen)


Kar

From Old High German korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną. Cognate with German Korn, Dutch koren, English corn, Icelandic korn.


Aftershave

[ˈaːftɐˌʃəɪ̯f]


Hutt

From Old High German huot, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz. Cognate with German Hut, Dutch hoed, English hood.


Hoff

Derived from hiewen (“to lift”). Compare German Hub (“the act of lifting; that which is lifted”).

cog

effort, try, exertion, push (especially in a lifting or pulling motion)


Enn

From Middle High German ende, from Old High German enti.
Cognates
Cognate with German Ende, Dutch einde, English end, West Frisian ein, Icelandic endir.

40 Deeg a 40 Nuechte laang huet hien do gefaascht; um Enn war hien hongereg.

Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 4:2

40 days and 40 nights he fasted there; at the end he was hungry.


Bulgar

lb-noun

Bulgar m (plural Bulgaren, feminine Bulgarin)


Vaginen

[ˈvɑ.ʒæ̃.ən]

[ˈvɑˌʒæ̃ː.ən]


Schachfigur

/ˈʃɑχfiˌɡuə̯/

From Schach (“chess”) + Figur (“figure”).


Charakteristik

Charakteristik f (plural Charakteristiken)


Ligen

From Middle High German lügene, from Old High German lugina, from Proto-West Germanic *luginu. Cognate with Yiddish ליגן (lign), Dutch leugen. Also related with German Lüge (from Old High German lugī) and English lie.


Missionarsstellung

Missionarsstellung f (plural Missionarsstellungen)


Broch

From Middle High German bruch, from Old High German bruh, from Proto-West Germanic *bruki. Cognate with German Bruch, Dutch breuk, English breach.


Bistum

Borrowed from German Bistum, from Middle High German bistuom, from Old High German biscoptuom.


Brennnessel

Brennnesselen (plural)
Brènnèssel (alternative)


Judd

From Middle High German jude, from Old High German judo, from Latin iūdaeus.


Siff

From Middle High German sif, from Old High German (*)sif, northern variant of sib, from Proto-West Germanic *sibi. Cognate with German Sieb, Dutch zeef, English sieve.


Mudder

From Middle High German muoter, from Old High German muoter, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Cognate with German Mutter, English mother, Dutch moeder, Icelandic móðir.


Hond

From Middle High German and Old High German hunt, from Proto-West Germanic *hund.


Wollef

Wëllef (plural)
Woulef (alternative dialectal)

From Middle High German wolf, from Old High German wolf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.


Waasser

Waasser n (plural Wässer or Waasser or Waasseren)

Wässer (plural)
Waasser (plural)
Waasseren (plural)

From Central Franconian Wasser, from Middle High German wazzer, from Old High German wazzar, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥, from *wed- + *-r̥. Cognate to German Wasser, Dutch water, English water, Danish vand, Swedish vatten, Icelandic vatn.


Kader

(sports) squad (body of the players of a team or club)


Do

From Middle High German dach, from Old High German *dag, northern variant of tag. The nominative case of this word became Luxembourgish Dag. The dative singular (and the plural) developed regularly into Do (dage > *dāe > *dōe > dō). Both forms then became distinct words with slightly different meanings.

Am Do ginn d’Stroossen net beliicht.

In the daytime, the streets are not lit.

the bright time of the day (chiefly in adverbial constructions)


Händchen

From Hand (“hand”) + -chen (“diminutive suffix”).


Strauss

From Middle High German strūz. Cognate with German Strauß (“bouquet”). The expected plural is *Sträiss. The form Straiss by analogy with Maus and Laus.


Strauss

From German Strauß, from Old High German strūz, from Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).


Sonndeg

From Old High German sunnuntag, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnōn dag, a calque of Latin dies solis. Compare German Sonntag, Dutch zondag, English Sunday, Icelandic sunnudagur.

days of the week: Wochendeeg: Méindeg · Dënschdeg · Mëttwoch · Donneschdeg · Freideg · Samschdeg · Sonndeg [edit]


Méindeg

[ˈmɜɪ̯n.dəɕ]

From Middle High German mēntac, māntac, mōntag, from Old High German mānotag, from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag. Cognate with German Montag, Dutch maandag, English Monday, Icelandic mánudagur.


Dënschdeg

From Middle Low German dingesdach. Compare German Dienstag, Dutch dinsdag.


Mëttwoch

From Middle High German mittewoche, from Old High German mittawehha. Cognate with German Mittwoch, English midweek.


Donneschdeg

From Middle High German donerstac, from Old High German donarstag, from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag. Cognate with German Donnerstag, Dutch donderdag, English Thursday, West Frisian tongersdei, Danish torsdag.


Freideg

[ˈfʀɑɪ̯.dəɕ]

From Middle High German vrītac, from Old High German frīatag, from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag. Cognate with German Freitag, English Friday, Dutch vrijdag, West Frisian freed.


Samschdeg

From Middle High German samztag, from Old High German sambaztag. Compare German Samstag, French samedi.


Fuuss

From Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz.


Kou

From Central Franconian Kuh, from Middle High German kuo, from Old High German kuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.


Méck

From Middle High German mügge, from Old High German mugga, from Proto-West Germanic *muggjā, *muggju. Cognate with German Mücke, Dutch mug, English midge.

a small flying insect of various sorts, including e.g. flies, gnats, midges, mosquitoes, but excluding e.g. bees, wasps, moths


Bei

From Old High German bīa, from Proto-Germanic *bijō. Cognate with Dutch bij, West Frisian bij, English bee, Icelandic bý.


Päiperlek

/ˈpæːɪ̯pɐlək/


Bommel

Of imitative origin, similar to German Hummel and Dutch hommel.

onomatopoeic

imitative


Himmelsdéierchen

lb-noun

Himmelsdéierchen n (plural Himmelsdéiercher)

From Himmel (“sky, heaven”) + Déier (“animal”) + -chen (diminutive).

affix

Se gesi jo léif aus a Gléck solle se och nach bréngen. Mä d’Leit un der Ostséi sinn am Moment guer net vun den Himmelsdéiercher begeeschtert.

2009, Invasioun vun den Himmelsdéiercher, RTL.lu

They look cute and they’re said to bring luck, too. But people around the Baltic Sea are not at all thrilled about ladybirds at the moment.


Kiewerlek

From Middle High German *keverlinc, from kever (“beetle”) + -linc (“-ling”); the former from Old High German cheviro, from Proto-West Germanic *kefrō. Cognate with German Käfer, Dutch kever, English chafer.


Ouereschlëffer

lb-noun

Ouereschlëffer m (plural Ouereschlëffer)

[ˈəʊ̯əʀəˌʃləfɐ]


Kaz

From Old High German kazza, from Latin catta, cattus. Cognate with German Katze, English cat, Dutch kat, Icelandic köttur.


Léiw

From Old High German lewo, a variant of lēo, from Latin leō. Compare German Löwe, Dutch leeuw. The unusual spelling with a final -w is based on the German form (compare the same in Méiw, German Möwe).

Leo (constellation and astrological sign)


Päerd

From Middle High German phert, from Old High German pfarifrit, a borrowing from Late Latin paraverēdus. Cognate with German Pferd.


Kanéngchen

Diminutive of an obsolete *Kanäin with regular velarisation (compare Schwäin). Further from Middle Dutch conijn, from Old French connin, from Latin cunīculus. Cognate with Ripuarian Kneng, German Kanin(chen), Dutch konijn.


Déier

From Old High German tior, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą. Cognate with German Tier, Dutch dier, English deer, Icelandic dýr.


Fräsch

From Old High German frosk, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz. Cognate with German Frosch, Dutch vors, Icelandic froskur.


Mouk

A word found only in western Moselle Franconian (besides Luxembourg chiefly Saarland, Trier, Bitburg). Surely of onomatopoeic origin, comparable to German quak, English croak. Compare also Luxembourgish moukeg (“mopish, grumpy”).


Schwäin

Schwäin m (plural Schwäin, diminutive Schwéngchen)

Schwäin (plural)
Schwéngchen (diminutive)

From Old High German swīn, from Proto-Germanic *swīną. Before an original vowel, in inflected forms, the word underwent the regular velarization into Schwéng-, which stem is used in most compound words.


Fësch

From Middle High German fisch, from Old High German fisc, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk. Cognate with German Fisch, English fish, Dutch vis, and Icelandic fiskur.

Pisces (constellation and astrological sign)


Vull

Vull m (plural Vullen, diminutive Villchen)

Vullen (plural)
Villchen (diminutive)
Vugel (alternative)
Vaul (alternative)

From Middle High German vogel, from Old High German fogal, from Proto-West Germanic *fugl.
The phonetic development is the same as e.g. in gezunn, from Middle High German gezogen. The variants Vugel and Vaul go back to Old High German fugal with lack of a-mutation; compare Ripuarian Vuggel.


Int

From Old High German *enida (attested as enede), northern variant of enita, itself a variant of anut, from Proto-Germanic *anadz. The Luxembourgish form underwent open-syllable lengthening (like Dutch eend, but unlike German Ente); the resulting diphthong ie- was then regularly reshortened before a nasal yielding i-.


Dauf

Dauf f (plural Dauwen, diminutive Daifchen)

From Old High German dūva, a northern variety of tūba, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ. Cognate with German Taube, Dutch duif, West Frisian do, English dove.


Gäns

Backformation from Middle High German gense, plural of gans, from Old High German gans, from Proto-West Germanic *gans.
Luxembourgish and the surrounding dialects originally had forms with (sporadic?) loss of pre-fricative nasal (as also in the pronoun eis). The replacement of these forms under eastern influence began at an early stage, but the original form is still conserved in now archaic dialectal Gaus (plural Gäis).


Stéier

From Old High German stior, from Proto-Germanic *steuraz. Cognate with German Stier, Dutch stier, and English steer.

Taurus (constellation and astrological sign)


Faarf

From Middle High German varwe, from Old High German farawa, from Proto-West Germanic *faru. Cognate with German Farbe, Dutch verf.


Dëschtennis

From Dësch + Tennis, after German Tischtennis, itself perhaps after English table tennis.


Fiederball

From Fieder (“feather”) + Ball (“ball”), after German Federball.


Äishockey

After German Eishockey, itself after English ice hockey.


Orientéierungslaf

/oʀjənˈtɜɪ̯əʀuŋzˌlaːf/


Fruucht

From Old High German fruht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht, from Latin frūctus. Compare German Frucht, Dutch vrucht, English fruit.


Aprikos

From German Aprikose, from Dutch abrikoos, from Old French abricots, from Latin praecox.


Apel

From Central Franconian Appel, from Middle High German apfel, from Old High German apful, from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl. Cognate with German Apfel, Dutch appel, West Frisian apel, English apple.


Drauf

From Middle High German drūve, northern variant of drūbe, trūbe.


Äerdbier

lb-noun

Äerdbier n or f or m (plural Äerdbieren)

[ˈɛːə̯tˌbiə]

From Old High German erdberi, from Proto-Germanic *erþōbazją; equivalent to Äerd (“earth”) + Bier (“berry”).


Kiischt

From Old High German kirsa. The expected form is Kiisch, the final -t was added by analogy (compare the rhymes).


Gromper

Contraction of *Grondbir, from Grond (“ground”) + Bir (“pear”). Compare regional German Grundbirne.


Grond

From Old High German grunt, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz. Cognate with German Grund, Dutch grond, English ground, Swedish grund.


Muert

From Old High German moraha, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ. Cognate with German Möhre, Dutch moor, English more, Swedish morot.


Kabes

From Middle High German *kabbez, variant of kabez, kappiz, from Old High German kabuz, from Latin caputia. Cognate with German Kappes, Central Franconian Kabbes.


Choufleur

[ˈʃuːˌfløː.ɐ]


Boun

From Old High German bōna, from Proto-Germanic *baunō.


Ribb

From Middle High German rüebe, a variant of ruobe, from Old High German ruoba. Cognate with German Rübe, Icelandic rófa.


Ierbes

From Old High German arawīz, from Proto-Germanic *arwīts. Cognate with German Erbse, Dutch erwt, Danish ært.


Zwiwwel

From Latin cēpula, diminutive of Latin cēpa. Compare German Zwiebel.


Ënn

Inherited from Middle High German *ünne, from Old High German unna, from Proto-West Germanic *unnjā, from Latin ūniō (“onion”).


Lëns

From Middle High German linse, from Old High German linsa. Cognate with German Linse.


Kaweechelchen

From Kaw- + Eechelchen, the latter a diminutive of a reduced form (compare Central Franconian Eechert, etc.) of Middle High German eichorn, from Old High German eihhorno, from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô, whence also German Eichhörnchen, Dutch eekhoorn. The first syllable Kaw- exists as a simplex in Central Franconian Kouert (etc.), perhaps from the verb for “to chew” (German kauen), though this association may be secondary. Generally, due to alteration, popular etymology, and root mixture, the words for “squirrel” show dozens of variants even within Luxembourgish and perhaps hundreds in Central Franconian at large.


Hues

Hues m (plural Huesen, diminutive Hieschen)

From Middle High German hase, from Old High German haso, from Proto-West Germanic *hasō ~ *haʀ-. Cognate with German Hase, Dutch haas, West Frisian hazze, English hare, Icelandic héri.


Hues

From Middle High German hose, from Old High German hosa, from Proto-West Germanic *hosā. Cognate with German Hose, Dutch hoos, English hose.


Geess

From Middle High German and Old High German geiz, from Proto-West Germanic *gait. Cognate with German Geiß, Dutch geit, English goat, Danish ged.


Fliedermaus

[ˈfliə̯dɐˌmæˑʊ̯s]


Eil

From Old High German ūwila, from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ. Cognate with German Eule, Dutch uil, English owl, Icelandic ugla.


Gare

railway depot, railroad station, railway station, train station


Kaffi

De Kaffi kënnt aus Ostafrika.

Ech drénken net vill Kaffi.

Zwéi Kaffi an eng Cola, wannechgelift.

(countable, plural usually Kaffi) a serving, cup of coffee

Mer hunn dräi verschidde Kaffien.

We have three different kinds of coffee.

(countable, plural Kaffien) a kind, blend of coffee

Ech hunn de Moien nach kee Kaffi gedronk.

I haven’t had any breakfast yet this morning.

(uncountable) a light, cold meal, especially breakfast, but also (depending on the context) at any other time of day


Téi

From Dutch thee, probably through German Tee and/or French thé.

infusion, herbal tea (drink from other plants)


Mëllech

From Middle High German milch, milich, from Old High German miluh, from Proto-West Germanic *meluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks. Cognate with German Milch, Dutch melk, English milk, Danish mælk, Icelandic mjólk.


Drauwejus

[ˈdʀɑʊ̯vəˌʒyː]


Béier

From Old High German bior, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą. Cognate with German Bier, Dutch bier, English beer, and Icelandic bjór.


Béier

From Old High German bēr, from Proto-West Germanic *bair. Cognate with English boar, which see for more.


Wäin

Wäin m (plural Wäiner, diminutive Wéngchen)

From Old High German wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.


Éil

From Middle High German āl, from Old High German āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz. The umlauted form Éil (instead of expected *Ol) was probably first restricted to the plural, then generalised, and finally restricted to the singular by creation of the double plural Éilen.


Absurditéit

Eng Aart Absurditéit, op der Tele soen se de Géigendeel.

2019, StaVl Zosimov Premudroslovsky, AN DER DAG. Humoristesch Wourecht, →ISBN:

A kind of absurdity, on TV they say the opposite.


Akkordeonist

Akkordeonist m (plural Akkordeonisten, feminine Akkordeonistin)

Akkordeonisten (plural)
Akkordeonistin (feminine)


Eechel

From Middle High German eichel, from Old High German eihhila, from Proto-West Germanic *aikilā.


Géigner

From German Gegner, from Middle Low German gēgenêre, from the verb gēgenen (“to face, encounter”); related with Luxembourgish géint (“against”).


Häerz

From Middle High German herz, from Old High German herza, from Proto-Germanic *hertô. Cognate with German Herz, English heart, Icelandic hjarta, Dutch hart, Swedish hjärta.


Fliger

From German Flieger, from fliegen (“to fly”) (compare fléien).


Däitsch

Mir hunn eng Däitsch am Veräin.

Hien ass mat enger Däitscher bestuet.

female equivalent of Däitschen: a German woman


Kinnekräich

/ˈkineɡʁæːɪ̯ɕ/

From Proto-Germanic *kuningarīkiją. Equivalent to Kinnek + Räich.


Akerbau

cultivation of arable land; agriculture (in the stricter sense)


Kinnek

Kinnek m (plural Kinneken, feminine Kinnigin)

From Middle High German küninc, from Old High German kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.
The Luxembourgish form does not continue the southern Middle High German variant künic (inflected künige), which is due to dissimilation. Rather, the -ek represents a general denasalisation of Middle High German -inc in final unstressed position. Compare Éislek and German Ösling (“Oesling”, a region in northern Luxembourg). The feminine Kinnigin was influenced by German Königin.


Hëllef

From Middle High German hülfe, from Old High German *hulfa, hulpa. Cognate with Dutch hulp, archaic German Hülfe. This is a northern variant of Old High German helfa, hilfa, whence German Hilfe, cognate with English help.


Räich

From Middle High German riche, from Old High German rīhhi, from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī. Cognate with German Reich, Dutch rijk, Icelandic ríki.


Fluchfeld

From Fluch (“flight”) + Feld (“field”), after German Flugfeld.


Fluchgesellschaft

lb-noun

Fluchgesellschaft f (plural Fluchgesellschaften)

From Fluch + Gesellschaft, after German Fluggesellschaft.


Gaass

Gaass f (plural Gaassen, diminutive Gässchen)

From Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ.

street in a village or town other the main street, but of any size (now especially in street names)


Gässen

Perhaps a blend of Gässel and Gässchen, both diminutives of Gaass.

(rare, perhaps regional) Alternative form of Gässel (“narrow alley”)


Lëscht

From Early Modern German Liste, from Italian lista, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ, whence also the inherited doublet Läischt (“skirting board”). Cognate with German Liste, Dutch lijst, English list; see the last.


Stad

Stad f (plural Stied, diminutive Stiedchen)

From Old High German stat, from Proto-West Germanic *stadi, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz. Cognate with German Stadt, Dutch stad, English stead.


Ambassadeur

Ambassadeur m (plural Ambassadeuren, feminine Ambassadrice)

Ambassadeuren (plural)
Ambassadrice (feminine)


Deel

From Middle High German teil, from Old High German *deil, northern variant of teil, from Proto-Germanic *dailą.
Cognate with German Teil, Dutch deel, English dole, West Frisian diel.


Numm

From Old High German namo, from Proto-Germanic *namô. Cognate with German Name, Swedish namn, Danish navn, Dutch naam, English name, West Frisian namme, Icelandic nafn.


Fiels

From Old High German felis, from Proto-Germanic *falisaz. Cognate with German Fels, Dutch vels, Icelandic fjall.


Baach

From Old High German bah, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz. Cognate with German Bach, English beach.


Anästhesist

Anästhesist m (plural Anästhesisten, feminine Anästhesistin)

Anästhesisten (plural)
Anästhesistin (feminine)


Floss

From Middle High German vluz, from Old High German fluz, ultimately from the root of fließen (“to flow”). Cognate with German Fluss.


Floss

From German Flosse, from Middle High German vlozze, from Old High German flozza.


Anchois

From French anchois, from Old Occitan anchoia, from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē (“small fry”), from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).


Joer

Joer n (plural Joer or Joren, diminutive Järchen)

Joer (plural)
Joren (plural)
Järchen (diminutive)

From Old High German jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą. Cognate with German Jahr, Dutch jaar, English year, Icelandic ár.


Frënd

Frënd m (plural Frënn, feminine Frëndin)

From Middle High German vriunt, from Old High German friunt, from Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.
Cognate with German Freund, Dutch vriend, English friend, West Frisian freon, Icelandic frændi.


Ierger

Back-formation from inherited iergeren, after German Ärger.


Gefäll

From German Gefälle (“slope”), from Old High German gifelli (“collapse, decline”). Related to falen (“to fall”).


Fëscher

From Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz. Cognate with German Fischer, Dutch visser, English fisher.


Knéchel

From Middle High German knüchel, from Old High German *knuchil, from Proto-Germanic *knukilaz (“knuckle”), diminutive of *knukô (“joint”). Compare German Knöchel, Hunsrik Knechel.


Äntwert

From Old High German antwurti, from Proto-Germanic *andawurdiją. Cognate with German Antwort, Dutch antwoord.


Gewei

Borrowed or from the same ultimate source as German Geweih, which see.


Appartementshaus

lb-noun

Appartementshaus n (plural Appartementshaiser)


Af

From Old High German affo, from Proto-Germanic *apô. Cognate with German Affe, English ape, Dutch aap, Icelandic api.


Apelbatz

Apelbätz (plural)
Äppelbatz (alternative)


Bëschof

From Old High German biscof, from Latin episcopus. Cognate with German Bischof, English bishop, Dutch bisschop.


Aarm

From Old High German arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz.


Fotell

Borrowed from French fauteuil (“armchair”).


Aasch

From Old High German ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz.


Iesel

From Middle High German esel, from Old High German esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil.


Dësch

Dësch m (plural Dëscher, diminutive Dëschelchen)

Dëscher (plural)
Dëschelchen (diminutive)

From Old High German *disc, northern variant of tisc, from Proto-Germanic *disk, borrowed from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos).


Kand

Kand n (plural Kanner, diminutive Këndchen)

From Middle High German and Old High German kind, from Proto-West Germanic *kind.


Bam

Bam m (plural Beem, diminutive Beemchen)

From Middle High German and Old High German boum. Cognate with German Baum, Dutch boom, English beam.


Zant

From Middle High German zant, zan, from Old High German zand, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs. Compare standard German Zahn, which doesn‘t preserve the -t/-d ending.


Kamp

From Middle High German kamp, from Old High German kamb, from Proto-West Germanic *kamb.
Cognate with German Kamm, Dutch kam, English comb, Icelandic kambur.


Schong

Schong m (plural Schong, diminutive Schéngchen or Schéngelchen)

Schong (plural)
Schéngchen (diminutive)
Schéngelchen (diminutive)
Schoun (alternative)

From Middle High German *schuon (attested in Ripuarian form as schōn), north-western plural of schuoch, from Old High German scuoh, from Proto-Germanic *skōhaz.
The plural form *schuon was reinterpreted as a singular, as also happened in modern Ripuarian Schohn, Limburgish sjoon, and Dutch schoen (whereas West Frisian retains skoech, plural skuon). From this singular, then, new inflected and plural forms (*schuones, *schuone, etc.) were construed, which underwent the regular Luxembourgish velarisation into schong-. Ultimately this stem was adopted as a new basic form. Compare the more original situation with two stems in Steen, plural Steng.


Been

Been n (plural Been, diminutive Beenchen or (dated) Bengchen)

Been (plural)
Beenchen (diminutive)
Bengchen (dated diminutive)

From Central Franconian Been, from Middle High German bein, from Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą, from *bainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.


Chrëschtkëndchen

lb-noun

Chrëschtkëndchen m (plural Chrëschtkëndercher)


Spill

From Old High German spil, from Proto-Germanic *spil.


Moien

Moienter (plural)
Mueren (alternative)
Muerjen (alternative)

Contraction of dated Muerjen, from Old High German morgan (“morning”). Akin to German Morgen, Dutch morgen, English morn. It is the only native word containing the diphthong [oɪ̯], which is otherwise restricted to loanwords from German or English.

Ech hunn de ganze Moien am Gaart geschafft.


Brout

From Central Franconian Brot, from Middle High German brōt, from Old High German brōt, from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-.


Kuch

lb-noun

Kuch m (plural Kuchen, diminutive Kichelchen)

From Middle High German kuoche, from Old High German kuocho, from Proto-Germanic *kōkô. Cognate with German Kuchen, Dutch koek.


Blumm

Blumm f (plural Blummen, diminutive Blimmchen)

From Old High German bluomo, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô. Cognate with German Blume, Dutch bloem, English bloom, West Frisian blom, Icelandic blóm.


Brudder

From Old High German bruoder, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.


Schwëster

Schwësteren (plural)
Sëschter (alternative archaic)

From German Schwester with the vowel of native Sëschter, both from Middle High German swëster, from Old High German swester. The older form was based on a development -we- → -ü- as in Dutch zuster.


Groussmamm

[ˈɡʀəʊ̯ˌzmɑm]


Grousspapp

[ˈɡʀəʊ̯ˌspɑp]


Monni

Originally a diminutive of now dated Monnonk (“uncle”), from French mon oncle (“my uncle”). The diminutive is not felt as such anymore.

De Pierre seet, hien hätt e Monni an Amerika.

De beschte Monni ass de Portmonni.

(A saying. Literally:) The best uncle is a [well-filled] wallet.


Mattant

Hien huet senger Mattant e Bréif geschriwwen.


Koseng

Koseng m (plural Kosengen, feminine Kusin)

Kosengen (plural)
Kusin (feminine)
Cousin (alternative)

From French cousin, from Latin consobrinus.


Duechter

Duechter f (plural Diechter or Duechteren)

From Middle High German and Old High German dohter (northern variant of tohter), from Proto-West Germanic *dohter.


Fils

Fils m (plural Filssen, feminine Duechter or Meedchen)

Filssen (plural)
Duechter (feminine)
Meedchen (feminine)
Fiss (alternative)


Rous

Borrowed from French rose, from Latin rosa.


Margréitchen

/maʁˈɡʁɜɪ̯tɕən/


Planz

From Old High German planza, northern variant of phlanza, from Latin planta. Cognate with German Pflanze, Dutch plant, English plant.


Fënster

From Middle High German venster, from Old High German fenstar, from Latin fenestra.


Zopp

From Old French sope. Cognate with German Suppe, English soup, Dutch soep.


Fanger

From Middle High German vinger, from Old High German fingar.


Daum

Daum m (plural Daumen, diminutive Daimchen)

Daumen (plural)
Daimchen (diminutive)
Domm (alternative)

From Middle High German dūme, from Old High German dūmo, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô. Cognate with German Daumen, Dutch duim, English thumb.


Ielebou

[ˈiə̯ləˌbəʊ̯]

From Old High German elinbogo, from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô. Cognate with German Ellenbogen, Dutch ellenboog, English elbow, Icelandic olnbogi.


Schëller

From Middle High German schulter, from Old High German scultera, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldru. Cognate with German Schulter, Dutch schouder, English shoulder.


Réck

From Old High German rucki, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz. Cognate with German Rücken, Dutch rug, West Frisian rêch, English ridge, Icelandic hryggja.


Kapp

Kapp m (plural Käpp, diminutive Käppchen)

From Middle High German kop, from Old High German copp, northern variant of koph, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp. Cognate with German Kopf, Dutch kop, West Frisian kop, English cop.


Ouer

Ouer n (plural Oueren, diminutive Éierchen)

From Old High German ōra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô. Cognate with German Ohr.


Nues

From Old High German nasa, from Proto-Germanic *nasō. Cognate with German Nase, North Frisian naas, Icelandic nös; also related to Dutch neus, English nose, West Frisian noas.

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.


Lëps

From Old High German lefs, from Proto-West Germanic *lepuʀ. The consonantism -ps may be a simple phonetic simplification, or a blend with the northern form of the same root that led to German Lippe. The dialectal border between both forms runs close to Luxembourg. Cognate with German Lefze (and Lippe).


Zong

From Middle High German zunge, from Old High German zunga, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”).


Hoer

Hoer n (plural Hoer, diminutive Härchen)

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


Nol

From Middle High German nagel, from Old High German nagal, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz.
Cognate with German Nagel, Dutch nagel, English nail, West Frisian neil, Yiddish נאָגל (nogl), Icelandic nögl.


Nol

From Middle High German nālde, from Old High German nālda (alternative form of nādala), by metathesis from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu.
Cognates
Cognate with German Nadel, Yiddish נאָדל (nodl), Dutch naald, English needle, Icelandic nál.


Fangernol

[ˈfɑŋɐˌnoːl]

From Middle High German vingernagel. Analysable as Fanger (“finger”) + Nol (“nail”).


Kënn

From Old High German kinni, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz. Cognate with German Kinn, Dutch kin, English chin.


Aperhoer

From older Aper (“eyebrow”) + Hoer (“hair”).


Knéi

From Middle High German knie, from Old High German kneo, from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą. Cognate with German Knie, Dutch knie, English knee, Icelandic hné.


Aarschbak

Alternative spelling of Aaschbak (“asscheek”)


Liewer

From Old High German levera, northern variant of lebara, from Proto-Germanic *librō.


Rëpp

From Old High German ribbi, from Proto-Germanic *ribją. Cognate with German Rippe, Dutch rib, English rib, Icelandic rif.


Blos

From Middle High German blāse, from Old High German blāsa. Cognate with German Blase.


Nier

Nieren (plural)
Néier (alternative archaic)

From German Niere, from Middle High German niere, from Old High German nioro, from Proto-Germanic *neurô. The native form Néier still underlies in Éierchen (“kidney as food”).


Stull

From Old High German stuol, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz. Cognate with German Stuhl, Dutch stoel, English stool.


Heizkierper

Heizkierper m (plural Heizkierper or Heizkierperen)

Heizkierper (plural)
Heizkierperen (plural)
Hëtzkierper (alternative)

[ˈhɑɪ̯t͡sˌkiə̯pɐ]

From German Heizkörper, from heizen (“to heat”) + Körper (“body”), with adaptation of the latter element to Luxembourgish Kierper.


Käerz

From Middle High German kerze, from Old High German kerza, from Latin cērāta or charta. Compare German Kerze, Dutch kaars.


Luucht

From Middle High German lucht, from northern Old High German luht, a variant of luft with the northern West Germanic development -ft- → -cht-, which in Luxembourgish survives only in a small number of relict words (compare Griecht, uechter), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *luftu.
Cognate with Dutch lucht and German Luft. Doublet of Loft (“air as a gas; current of air”).

doublet

D'Vulle fléien an der Luucht.

air, space, sky (the apparently open space above the ground of the earth)


Luucht

From Middle High German lūchte, a variant of liuhte, from Old High German liuhta, *lūhta. Cognate with German Leuchte. For the vocalism compare liicht.


Spigel

From Middle High German spiegel, from Old High German spiagal, from Latin spēculum. Cognate with German Spiegel, Dutch spiegel. The expected Luxembourgish form would be *Spill (like Zill from Middle High German ziegel). The form Spigel is probably based on a variant Middle High German *spigel, which is also implied by several Low and Central Franconian dialect forms. To this compare the Dutch doublets richel, regel and tichel, tegel, respectively from Latin rēgula and tēgula.


Këssen

From Middle High German küssen, from Old High German kussīn, a borrowing from Old French coissin.


Auer

From Middle High German ūre, from Old French ore, eure, from Latin hōra.

Eise Monni huet menger Schwëster a mir zwou deier Auere kaf.

Our oncle bought my sister and me two expensive watches.

Ëm siwen Auer wollt en do sinn.


Niess

lb-noun

Niess f (plural Niessen, masculine Neveu or Nëwwi)

Niessen (plural)
Neveu (masculine)
Nëwwi (masculine)


Neveu

Neveu m (plural Neveuen, feminine Niess)

Neveuen (plural)
Niess (feminine)
Nëwwi (alternative)


Zäitschrëft

/ˈt͡sæːɪ̯tʃʁəft/


Schlaang

From Old High German slango, from Proto-Germanic *slangô. Cognate with Hunsrik Schlang, German Schlange, Dutch slang.


Schleek

Schleek m (plural Schleeken, diminutive Schleekchen)

Schleeken (plural)
Schleekchen (diminutive)

From Old High German slecko, from Proto-West Germanic *slikkō. Cognate with Dutch slak. The expected form would be Schleck (attested dialectally). The long vowel possibly through confluence with Old High German snagil, which would yield Luxembourgish *Schneel and survives as such in parts of Moselle Franconian.


Woch

From Middle High German woche, from Old High German wohha, alteration of earlier wehha, from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ. The underlying vocalism, however, in Luxembourgish as well as in most of Moselle Franconian and many other south-western German dialects is Old High German *wuhha (whether this is indeed an old variant or a later development). Compare German Woche, Dutch week, English week.

Hien ass viru véier oder sechs Woche gestuerwen.


Joerzéngt

From Joer + zéngt, after German Jahrzehnt.


Joerhonnert

Joer (“year”) + honnert (“hundred”), after German Jahrhundert.


Joerdausend

Joer (“year”) + dausend (“thousand”), after German Jahrtausend.


Owend

From Old High German āvand, northern variant of āband, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs. Cognate with German Abend, Dutch avond, Icelandic aftann, English eve.


Nuecht

From Middle High German naht, from Old High German naht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.
Germanic cognates include German Nacht, Dutch nacht, English night, Icelandic nótt.


Mëtteg

From Middle High German mittetac, from Old High German mittitag. Cognate with German Mittag, Dutch middag, English midday.

midday, afternoon (time roughly between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.)


Kierper

From Middle High German körper, korper; borrowed from Latin corpus.


Fousssuel

[ˈfəʊ̯zˌzuə̯l]

[ˈfəʊ̯ˌsuə̯l]


Botter

PIE word
 *gʷṓws
From Middle High German buter, from Old High German butira, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, literally “cow cheese”). Cognate with German Butter, Dutch boter, English butter, West Frisian bûter.


Kéis

From Middle High German kæse, from Old High German chāsi, from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, from Latin cāseus.


Wurscht

lb-noun

Wurscht f (plural Wurschten, diminutive Wirschtchen)

Wurschten (plural)
Wirschtchen (diminutive)
Wuuscht (alternative)

From Middle High German wurst, from Old High German wurst, from Proto-West Germanic *wursti. The contemporary form has been influenced by German Wurst; the strictly native form is the archaic variant above.


Fleesch

From Middle High German fleisch, from Old High German fleisk, from Proto-West Germanic *flaiski.


Schëff

From Old High German skif, from Proto-Germanic *skipą. Cognate with German Schiff, Dutch schip, English ship, Icelandic skip.


Wuerm

From Old High German wurm, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz. Cognate with German Wurm, Hunsrik Worrem, Dutch worm, English worm, Icelandic ormur.


Fouss

From Old High German fuoȥ, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts. Cognate with German Fuß, Dutch voet, West Frisian foet, English foot, Icelandic fótur.


Zéif

From Old High German *zēwa, alternative form of zēha, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ. Most closely related with Alemannic German Zeewe, Middle Low German têwe. Also cognate with German Zeh, Zehe, Dutch teen, English toe, Danish tå, Icelandic tá.


Schank

From Middle High German schinke, from Old High German skinca. Cognate with German Schinken (“ham”).


Ënnerläif

[ˈənɐˌlæˑɪ̯f]


Wäschmaschinn

Wäschmaschinn f (plural Wäschmaschinnen)


Hiem

From Middle High German hemede, from Old High German hemidi, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją. Cognate with German Hemd, Dutch hemd, West Frisian himd.


Béchs

From Middle High German buhse, from Old High German buhsa, from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā.


Pak

(derogatory) riff-raff, plebs, the underclasses


Bréifkëscht

[ˈbʀɜɪ̯fˌkəʃt]

All puer Woche fannt dir eist „Chamber-Blietchen“ an ärer Bréifkëscht, vläicht och op der Trap oder am Gank;

2001, Pol Wilmes, Eng Klack fir eis Sprooch:

Every few weeks we find our "Chamber-Blietchen" in our letter box, perhaps even on the stairs or in the hallway;


Bréif

From Old High German briaf, from Latin brevis.


Dunn

Dunn f (plural Dunnen, diminutive Dinnchen)

From Middle High German done, from Old High German dona, from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with German Dohne, related to Latin tenus.


Baart

From Middle High German bart, from Old High German bart, from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.


Estheticienne

lb-noun

Estheticienne f (plural Estheticiennen, masculine Estheticien)

Estheticiennen (plural)
Estheticien (masculine)


Klack

Klack f (plural Klacken, diminutive Kläckelchen)

Klacken (plural)
Kläckelchen (diminutive)

From northern Middle High German klocke, from Old High German klocca, a borrowing from Late Latin clocca.
Cognate with German Glocke, Dutch klok, English clock, Icelandic klukka.


Bänk

From Middle High German and Old High German bank, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Cognate with German Bank, Dutch bank, English bench, Swedish bänk, Icelandic bekkur.


Houfschmadd

[ˈhəʊ̯fˌʃmɑt]

From Middle High German huofsmit; equivalent to Houf (“hoof”) + Schmadd (“smith, blacksmith”).


Bloder

From Middle High German blātere, from Old High German blātara. Cognate with German Blatter, English bladder, Dutch blaar, Icelandic blaðra.


Blutt

From Old High German bluot, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą, of uncertain origin. Cognate with German Blut, Dutch bloed, English blood, West Frisian bloed, Icelandic blóð.


Bomm

From French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus. Cognate with German Bombe, English bomb.


Broscht

From Old High German brust, from Proto-Germanic *brusts. Cognate with German Brust, Dutch borst.


Fläsch

From Middle High German vlasche, from Old High German flasca, flaska (“bottle, flask”), from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle”), from *flehtaną (“to plait, braid”), from the practice of plaiting or wrapping bottles in straw casing.


Daarm

From Old High German darm, from Proto-Germanic *þarmaz. Cognate with German Darm, Dutch darm, English tharm, Icelandic þarmur.


Boll

From Middle High German bolle, from Old High German bolla, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ.
The sense “bowl” is inherited in many dialects of Central Franconian and even further east in Hessian Rhine Franconian. Therefore there is no reason to consider it a borrowing from French bol, which is itself a rather late borrowing from English.


Branntewäin

[ˈbʀɑn.təˌvæˑɪ̯n]


Bräitchemann

[ˈbʀæˑɪ̯t͡ɕəˌmɑn]

From Middle High German briutegome, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdigomō. The form yielded older Luxembourgish *Bräidigem, (contracted) *Bräitchem. Compare obsolete Bräitchen m (“bridegroom”). Folk etymology then reformed or enhanced this as Braut (“bride”) + -chen (diminutive suffix) + Mann (“man”).


Bréck

From Central Franconian Bröck, from Middle High German brucke, from Old High German brugga, from Proto-West Germanic *bruggju, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.
Cognate with German Brücke, Dutch brug, English bridge, West Frisian brêge, Icelandic bryggja.


Gaardeboun

[ˈɡaː(ʀ)dəˌbəʊ̯n]


Biischt

From Middle High German bürste, plural of burst, from Old High German burst, whence Luxembourgish Buuscht (“bristle”). Compare German Bürste and Borste.


Gebai

From bauen (“to build”). Compare German Gebäude and Dutch gebouw.


Klett

From Middle High German klette, from Old High German kletta. Cognate with German Klette, Dutch klis, English clote.


Abriecher

lb-noun

Abriecher m (plural Abriecher, feminine Abriecherin)

Abriecher (plural)
Abriecherin (feminine)


Knapp

Knapp m (plural Knäpp, diminutive Knäppchen)

From Middle High German knop, from Old High German *knop, northern form of knoph, from Proto-Germanic *knuppô, *knappô, *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”).
Cognate with German Knopf, Hunsrik Knupp, Dutch knop. Also related with English knob.


Käfeg

Ultimately from Latin cavea (“cage”). Cognate to German Käfig.


Kallef

Kallef n (plural Kaalwer, diminutive Källefchen)

Kaalwer (plural)
Källefchen (diminutive)

From Old High German calf, northern variant of kalb, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz. Cognate with German Kalb, Dutch kalf, English calf, Icelandic kálfur, West Frisian keal.


Kaméil

From Early Modern German Kamel, which see.


Kaméil

See the main lemma. The form with -éi- is probably a backformation from Kaméileblumm (“camomile”, literally “camel flower”), itself through popular association with etymology 1 above. Compare archaic German Kamelblume.


Kanarievillchen

Kanarievillchen m (plural Kanarievillercher)


Kanoun

From early modern German Kanone, from Italian cannone.


Kaart

From late Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta.


Kardinol

cardinal (official of the Catholic Church)


Fleegeheem

From fleegen + Heem, after German Pflegeheim.


Kaarp

From Middle High German karpe, from Old High German carpo, northern variant of Old High German karpho, from Latin carpo. Cognate with German Karpfen.


Faass

From Old High German faz, from Proto-Germanic *fatą. Cognate with German Fass, Dutch vat, English vat, Icelandic fat.


Buerg

From Middle High German burc, from Old High German burg. Cognate with German Burg, Dutch burcht, English borough.


Buerg

From Middle High German barc, from Old High German barug. Cognate with German Borg, Barg, Dutch barg, English barrow.

(thus) brawner, porker (male pig kept for meat)


Hiel

From Middle High German höle, from Old High German holī, hulī. Cognate with German Höhle.


Kierch

From Middle High German kirche, from Old High German kirihha, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā.


Kanéil

From late Middle High German kanēl, from Old French canele, perhaps through Middle Dutch caneel. Cognate with dated German Kaneel, Dutch kaneel, Danish kanel, French cannelle.


Konstellatioun

Konstellatioun f (plural Konstellatiounen)


Klouschter

From Middle High German klōster, from Old High German klōstar, from Latin claustrum. Cognate with German Kloster.


Kichen

From Middle High German küchen, from Old High German chuhhina, from Proto-West Germanic *kukinā, from Latin coquīna. The -i- instead of -é- is irregular; perhaps due to interference by unrelated Kuch (“pie, cake”), diminutive Kichelchen or influence by German Küche.


Houscht

From Middle High German huoste, from Old High German huosto, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô. Cognate with German Husten, Dutch hoest, Swedish hosta.


Geriicht

From Old High German girihti. Cognate with German Gericht, Dutch gerecht, Old English gerihte.


Kaul

Kaul f (plural Kaulen, diminutive Kailchen)

From Middle High German kūle, ultimately from the root of Keule (“club”). Cognate with German Kaule.


Fal

From Old High German falt, from Proto-Germanic *falþō. Compare German Falte, English fold.


Fal

From Old High German falla. Cognate with German Falle.


Knäckebrout

/ˈknækəˌbʀəʊ̯t/

From knackeg (“crispy”) + Brout (“bread”).


Briecheisen

[ˈbʀiə̯ˌʑɑɪ̯.zən]

briechen (“to break”) + Eisen (“iron”), after German Brecheisen.


Guckuck

From Middle High German kukuk, from Old High German kukuc, of onomatopoeic value and therefore eluding the sound laws. Compare German Kuckuck, Dutch koekoek, English cuckoo, etc.


Hautdokter

From Haut (“skin”) + Dokter (“doctor”), after German Hautarzt (19th c.).


Däiwel

[ˈdæˑɪ̯.vəl]

From Old High German *diufal, northern variant of tiufal. Cognate with German Teufel, Dutch duivel, English devil.


Duerchmiesser

/ˈduə̯ɕˌmiə̯sɐ/


Wierderbuch

Wierder + Buch; a loan translation of German Wörterbuch.


Dëll

From Old High German (*)dilli, northern variant of tilli. Cognate to German Dill, English dill, Dutch dille.


Bandscheif

[ˈbɑnˌt͡ʃɑɪ̯f]

From Band (“ligament”) + Scheif (“disc”).


Gruef

From Old High German grabo. Cognate with German Graben.


Dokter

Dokter m (plural Dokteren, feminine Doktesch)


Deeg

From Middle High German deich, from Old High German *deig, northern variant of teig. Cognate with German Teig, Dutch deeg, English dough.


Deeg

Derived from the singular with analogical umlaut.


Draach

From Middle High German trache, from Old High German trahho, from Proto-West Germanic *drakō.


Dram

From Old High German *droum, variant of troum, from Proto-West Germanic *draum, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz. Cognate with German Traum, Dutch droom, English dream, West Frisian dream, Icelandic draumur.


Faart

From Old High German fart, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz. Cognate with German Fahrt, Dutch vaart.


Fahrlehrer

/ˈfaːʀˌleːʀeʀ/


Dréchent

Dréchenten (plural)
Drécht (alternative)

From dréchen (“dry”) + -t. Extended form of older Drécht, from northern Middle High German drügede (ca. 1450). Cognate with Middle Low German *drugede (Limburgish druugde), Middle Low German drügede. Further related with Dutch droogte, English drought.


Drog

From German Droge, from French drogue. The word might also have been borrowed directly from French, but the pronunciation with a long [oː]-sound hints at German origin.


Äerd

From Old High German erda, from Proto-Germanic *erþō. Cognate with German Erde.


Enseignant

Enseignant m (plural Enseignanten, feminine Enseignante)

Enseignanten (plural)
Enseignante (feminine)

[ɑ̃ˈsəɪ̯.ɲɑ̃]


Ee

From Old High German ei, from Proto-Germanic *ajją.


Eewäiss

[ˈeːˌvæˑɪ̯s]


Eegiel

From Ee (“egg”) + giel (“yellow”), after German Eigelb.


Hielenner

[ˈhiə̯ˌlænɐ]

From Middle High German *hölender, from Old High German holender, holinder, alternative forms of holuntar, whence German Holunder.


Glous

From Middle High German glose, from the verb glosen. See Luxembourgish glousen for more.


Keeser

From Old High German keisar, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Cognate with German Kaiser, Icelandic keisari.


Foussnout

[ˈfəʊ̯zˌnəʊ̯t]

Fouss (“foot”) + Nout (“note”), after German Fußnote.


Ëmwelt

environment (the world, area, people, cultures around one)


Beispill

[ˈbɑɪ̯ˌʃpil]

From Old High German bīspel, from Proto-Germanic *spellą. Cognate with German Beispiel.


Ausruffzeechen

Ausruffzeechen n (plural Ausruffzeechen)

[ˈæːʊ̯s.ʀufˌt͡seː.ɕən]


Haff

From Old High German hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą. The plural Häff is derived from the singular; the original form is archaic Hief. Cognate with German Hof, Dutch hof, English hovel.


Kniecht

From Middle High German knëht, from Old High German kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.


Fieder

From Old High German fedara, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō. Cognate with German Feder, Dutch veer, West Frisian fear, English feather, Icelandic fjöður.


Fähr

Borrowed from German Fähre. Displaced Fuer.


Féiwer

From Middle High German fieber, from Old High German fiebar, from Latin febris. Cognate with German Fieber.


Fangerspëtz

[ˈfɑŋɐˌʃpət͡s]

Fanger + Spëtz, perhaps after German Fingerspitze.


Dänn

From Middle High German tanne, from Old High German tanna, from Proto-West Germanic *dannā. Cognate with German Tanne, Dutch den.


Aangel

From Old High German angul, from Proto-Germanic *angulō. Cognate with German Angel, English angle, Dutch angel, Icelandic öngull.


Fändel

Diminutive of earlier *Funn, from Old High German fano, from Proto-Germanic *fanô. Compare German Fahne.


Flam

From Old High German flamma, from Latin flamma. Cognate with German Flamme.


Fluess

From Old High German flahs, from Proto-Germanic *flahsą. Cognate with German Flachs, Dutch vlas, English flax.


Flou

From Middle High German vlō(ch), from Old High German flōh, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz. Cognate with German Floh, Dutch vlo, English flea, Icelandic fló. The feminine gender prevails also in Dutch and western German dialects; so there is no need to assume influence by French puce.


Floumaart

From Flou (“flea”) + Maart (“market”). Eventually after French marché aux puces, at least in part through German Flohmarkt.


Häerd

From Old High German herta, from Proto-Germanic *herdō. Cognate with German Herde, English herd, Icelandic hjörð.


Kniddel

From Middle High German knödel. Cognate with German Knödel.


Fillen

From Old High German fulīn, from Proto-Germanic *fulô. Cognate with dialectal German Füllen.


Bësch

From Proto-Germanic *buskaz. Cognate with English bush, German Busch, Dutch bos.


Fierschter

From Middle High German forstære, from Old High German forstāri; see forst (“forest”). Cognate with German Förster.


Forschett

Forschetten (plural)
Forchette (alternative)


Doft

From Middle High German tuft, from Old High German thuft. Cognate with German Duft, Swedish doft.


Bedruch

From Middle High German betroc, from Old High German bitrug, from Proto-West Germanic *bidrog. The vowel is influenced by German Betrug, compare native doublet Bedroch.


Frachtschëff

[ˈfʀɑχˌt͡ʃəf]

From Fracht (“freight”) + Schëff (“ship”), after German Frachtschiff, itself after Middle Low German vrachtschip.


Frascht

From Old High German frost, from Proto-Germanic *frustaz. Cognate with German Frost, English frost, Dutch vorst.


Kiermes

From Middle High German kirmesse. Cognate with German Kirmes, Dutch kermis.


Gaart

Gaart m (plural Gäert, diminutive Gäertchen)

From Old High German gardo, northern form of garto, from Proto-Germanic *gardô. Cognate with German Garten, Dutch gaard, English yard and garden.


Gäertner

From Middle High German gertner; equivalent to Gaart + -er. Compare German Gärtner, English gardener.


Geescht

From Old High German geist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz. Cognate with German Geist, English ghost, Dutch geest.


Geescht

From Old High German gersta, from Proto-West Germanic *gerstu.


Geeschterbunn

Geeschterbunn f (plural Geeschterbunnen)


Brëll

From Middle High German berille, from Old French beril (“beryl”), a reference to the fact that early eye-glasses were made from the mineral beryl. Compare German Brille, Dutch bril.


Heesprénger

/ˈheːˌʃpʀeŋɐ/


Doudegriewer

/ˈdəʊ̯dəˌɡʁiə̯vɐ/


Harf

Probably through modern German Harfe, from Old High German harfa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ. The expected form is *Haarf; the actual form could perhaps be native (with an exceptional development as in werfen), but with regard to the non-everyday character of the word borrowing from German seems more likely. Cognate with Dutch harp, English harp.


Hee

From Middle High German höuwe, from Old High German hewi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją. Cognate with German Heu, Dutch hooi, West Frisian hea, English hay, Icelandic hey.


Heeschnapp

Hee + Schnapp, after German Heuschnupfen.


Hieselnoss

From Middle High German haselnuz, from Old High German hasalnuz; equivalent to Hiesel (“hazel”) + Noss (“nut”). The Luxembourgish -ie- goes back to an umlauted variant (hesel attested in early modern German).


Doudewon

[ˈdəʊ̯dəˌvoːn]


Ierwen

From Old High German arbeo, from Proto-Germanic *arbijô. Cognate with German Erbe m, Icelandic arfi.


Ierwen

Nominal use of ierwen. In the sense “property” probably after German Erbe n, from Proto-Germanic *arbiją.

inheritance; heritage; legacy; bequest (property that is bequeathed and inherited)

(figurative) heritage (anything that is passed down from preceding generations, e.g. genes, values, attitudes, traditions, etc.)


Hong

From Middle High German huon, from Old High German huon, from Proto-West Germanic *hōn, from Proto-Germanic *hōną.
The expected Luxembourgish singular form is Hunn and hence accidentally the same as the word for “cock, rooster” (< Old High German hano). Hong is the regular dative singular (through velarization in an originally open syllable), which was generalized by analogy with the plural Hénger and the related word Hénkel (“chick”). Cognate with German Huhn, Dutch hoen, Low German Hohn.


Hierk

From a contraction of Middle High German hærinc, from Old High German hāring, from Proto-West Germanic *hāring.


Hiwwel

From Middle High German hüvel, northern variant of hübel, from Old High German *huvil, *hubil, from Proto-Germanic *hubilaz. Cognate with dialectal German Hübel and Old Dutch huvil, whence Dutch heuvel.


Hëft

With paragogic -t under influence of German Hüfte from older Hëff, backformation from Middle High German hüffe, plural of huf, from
Old High German huf, from Proto-West Germanic *hupi. Cognate with Dutch heup, English hip, Danish hofte.


Juegd

From Middle High German jaget, from Old High German jagōd. Cognate with German Jagd (due to which the Luxembourgish -d), Dutch jacht.


Jeeër

From Middle High German jeger, from Old High German jagāri. By surface analysis, joen (“to hunt”) + er. Cognate with German Jäger, Dutch jager.

surface analysis

2004, Lou Cloos, Patrick Pax, D’Juegd: E Buch fir Jeeër an aner Naturfrënn, Fédération Saint-Hubert des Chasseurs du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, title:

The hunt: a book for hunters and other friends of nature


Häip

The underlying meaning is roughly “wattle, sheaf or heap of straw etc.” (compare Luxemburger Wörterbuch and lemma Häupe in Rheinisches Wörterbuch). Probably with irregular lengthening from a Proto-West Germanic *hupp-, whence also East Flemish hoppe (“tussock”), French houppe (“tuft”); further perhaps related with Proto-Germanic *haupaz (“heap”). In some senses the word also blends with Käip, which is cognate with German Kiepe (“wicker basket”).


Lidd

lb-noun

Lidd n (plural Lidder, diminutive Liddchen)

From Old High German liod, from Proto-Germanic *leuþą. Cognate with German Lied, Dutch lied, West Frisian liet, Icelandic ljóð.


Bindestréch

[ˈbindəˌʃtʀəɕ]


Äis

From Old High German īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą. Cognate with German Eis, Dutch ijs, English ice, Icelandic ís.


Äisbierg

[ˈæˑɪ̯zˌbiə̯ɕ]

From Äis (“ice”) + Bierg (“mountain”), after German Eisberg, itself after Dutch ijsberg.


Interpretatioun

Interpretatioun f (plural Interpretatiounen)


Jackett

From French jaquette. The spelling after German Jackett.


Gebeess

From ge- + beess, stem of beessen, an obsolete variant of beezen (“to stain, bate; to pickle, preserve”).


Aarbecht

From Old High German arbeit, from Proto-Germanic *arbaidiz. As to the consonantism: Most dialects of Luxembourgish regularly reduced original -cht to -t, but this development was later reverted, probably under outside influences. (The same happened in many dialects of Central Franconian.) Both southernmost and northernmost Luxembourgish often retain forms without -ch-; compare Nuet alongside Nuecht (“night”). In those dialects where the development was reverted, hypercorrect forms with unetymological -ch- occur (compare also attested Jesuiicht for Jesuit).

Si gi geéiert fir hir Aarbecht an der Entwécklung vun de Lithium-Ione-Batterien.

2019 October 10, “Ausgezeechent fir hir Aarbecht u Lithium-Ione-Batterien”, in RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg:

They were honoured for their work on the development of the lithium-ion battery.

De Walt Disney huet hir eng Aarbecht als Zeechnerin ugebueden a méi spéit huet si an d'Animatiounskontroll an d'Zeeneplanung gewiesselt.

2021 October 13, “Disney-Animatorin mat 111 Joer gestuerwen”, in RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg:

Walt Disney offered her a job as a cartoonist and later she moved into animation control and scene planning.

Leit, déi een Test fir den 3G op der Aarbecht maachen, géifen deemno nach zousätzlech zu enger héijer Charge dobäikommen.

2022 January 18, Lea Schwartz, “Héich Demande an Testzenteren an Apdikten, Lëtzebuerger Arméi hëlleft”, in RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg:

People who take the required test at the workplace would therefore be subject to a higher charge.


Aarbechtsamt

From Aarbecht (“work”) + -s- + Amt (“office”), a calque of German Arbeitsamt.


Freed

From Middle High German vrowede, from Old High German frouwida, frewida, from Proto-Germanic *frawiþō, *frawaz (“joy”). Cognate with German Freude.


Éierchen

Éiercher (plural)
Néierchen (alternative archaic)

From rebracketing of Néierchen, diminutive of Néier, archaic form of Nier (“kidney”). Perhaps reinforced by association with etymology 2 because kidneys may look like little ears. The neuter gender is secondary and due to the normal plural use. Compare German Nierchen (“kidney as food”).

[ˈɜɪ̯.ɐ.ɕən]

(chiefly in the plural) kidney (as food)


Éierchen

[ˈɜɪ̯.ɐ.ɕən]


Knéischeif

/ˈknɜɪ̯ʃɑɪ̯f/


Knuet

From Old High German knoto. Cognate with German Knoten, Dutch knot, English knot.


Dréibänk

[ˈdʀɜɪ̯ˌbæŋk]

dréien (“to turn”) + Bänk (“bench”). From late Middle High German dræbank, perhaps through German Drehbank.


Buschtaf

From Old High German buohstab, from Proto-Germanic *bōkastabaz. Cognate with German Buchstabe, Dutch boekstaaf, English bookstaff, Icelandic bókstafur.


Hiewel

From Middle High German hevel, from Old High German hevil. Cognate with German Hebel.


Bibliothecaire

lb-noun

Bibliothecaire m (plural Bibliothecairen, feminine Bibliothecairin)

Bibliothecairen (plural)
Bibliothecairin (feminine)


Eidechs

Eidechsen (plural)
Eederes (alternative)


Knuutschfleck

Knuutschfleck m (plural Knuutschflecken)


Schiet

From Middle High German schede, with an irregular vocalic development from Old High German *scado, northern variant of scato, from Proto-West Germanic *skadu.
Cognate with German Schatten, Dutch schaduw, English shade and shadow.


Buer

From Middle High German burne, northern metathesis of brunne, from Old High German brunno. Cognate with German Born and Brunnen, Dutch bron.

Ech hunn deréinscht ganz waarm vum kale Buer gedronk.
 Hätt ech eng Schäppchen Alen, wär ech erëm um Spronk!
 Gläich ass de Mann bekëmmert: Hei, Mod! Schwenk du e Glas!
 An huel déi zënne Kännchen an zap vum beschte Faass!

ca. 1800, Traditional, “Zu Arel op der Knippchen”, adapted to modern orthography:

I drank from the cold well just now when I felt so warm.
 If I had a pint of the old wine, I’d be fine again!
 At once the husband takes charge: Hey, maid! You rinse a glass!
 And take the tin jug and tap from the best barrel!


Buer

From Old High German bora. Cognate with Dutch boor, English bore.