kliewen

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German kleven, from Old High German *klevēn (attested in inflections), northern variant of Old High German klebēn (stick, cleave), from Proto-West Germanic *klibēn.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kliewen (third-person singular present klieft, past participle geklieft, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (intransitive) to stick, to be sticky
    Do klieft Knätsch un dengem Schong.
    You have chewing gum sticking to your shoe.
    Meng Hänn kliewe vum Hunneg.
    My hands are sticky from the honey.
  2. (transitive) to stick, to glue
    Hie klieft d’Biller op d’Wand.
    He sticks the pictures to the wall.

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive kliewen
participle geklieft
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular kliewen
2nd singular kliefs klief
3rd singular klieft
1st plural kliewen
2nd plural klieft klieft
3rd plural kliewen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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Derived terms

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