maachen

• man (southern dialects)

From Old High German mahhōn, from Proto-Germanic *makōną. Cognate with German machen, Dutch maken, English make.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːχən/
• Rhymes: -aːχən

maachen (third-person singular present mécht, preterite mouch, past participle gemaach or gemat or gemaacht, past subjunctive méich, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to make

   De Betrib huet dëst Joer e gudde Profit gemaach.

   The business made a good profit this year.

2. to do

   Ech maache vill Sport, fir a Form ze bleiwen.

   I do lots of sport to keep in shape.

3. to take (a photograph)
4. to make, to equal
5. to put, to place
6. (reflexive) to act, to pretend

• The preterite and subjunctive forms given hereunder are obsolete in general Luxembourgish, but may still be used in some northern dialects.

• doutmaachen
• opmaachen