kliewen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German *klevēn, *klevōn (attested in the forms clevōne, clivōda), northern variant of klebēn, from Proto-Germanic *klibjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gleybʰ-. Cognate with German kleben, Dutch kleven, and English cleave.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkliə̯vən/
  • Rhymes: -iəvən

Verb

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

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to be sticky, to stick, to glue
    Meng Hänn kliewe vum Hunneg.
    My hands are sticky from the honey.

Conjugation
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.

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • iwwerkliewen
  • opkliewen
  • zoukliewen
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