garrelen
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Probably from Garr (“gragger, ratchet”), of onomatopoeic origin, then extended to the similar sound of cutting something hard.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaʀelen/, [ˈɡɑʀələn]
Verb
garrelen (third-person singular present garrelt, past participle gegarrelt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (with preposition un) to hack at, to cut with difficulty
Conjugation
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | garrelen | |
| participle | gegarrelt | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | garrelen | — |
| 2nd singular | garrels | garrel |
| 3rd singular | garrelt | — |
| 1st plural | garrelen | — |
| 2nd plural | garrelt | garrelt |
| 3rd plural | garrelen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||