däerfen
Luxembourgish
Alternative forms
- duerfen, dierfen
Etymology
From Old High German thurfan, from Proto-Germanic *þurbaną. Akin to German dürfen, Dutch durven, Icelandic þurfa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdeːʀfen/, [ˈdɛə̯fən]
Verb
däerfen (third-person singular present däerft, preterite duerft, past participle däerfen, past subjunctive dierft, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to be allowed to, may
Conjugation
| Irregular with past tense | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | däerfen | |||
| participle | däerfen | |||
| auxiliary | hunn | |||
| present indicative | past indicative | conditional | imperative | |
| 1st singular | däerfen | duerft | dierft | — |
| 2nd singular | däerfs | duerfts | dierfts | däerf |
| 3rd singular | däerf | duerft | dierft | — |
| 1st plural | däerfen | duerften | dierften | — |
| 2nd plural | däerft | duerft | dierft | däerft |
| 3rd plural | däerfen | duerften | dierften | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||||
See also
- kënnen