oppen

See also: öppen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Derived from the preposition op (“on, upon”), which also has an adverbial sense “open”, as has German auf. The infix -en- may stem from the older affen (“open”), from Old High German offan, which itself is cognate with German offen, Dutch open, and English open. (The phonetic similarity between Luxembourgish oppen and Dutch/English open is thus accidental.) Other dialects of Moselle Franconian and Ripuarian generally use the stem opp- (without -en-) for the adjective “open”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈopən/

Adjective

oppen (masculine oppenen, neuter oppent, not comparable)

(attributive only) open
Mat oppener Fënster ass et ze kal.
It’s too cold with an open window.

Declension

declension of oppen

number and gender		singular			plural
number and gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass oppen	si ass oppen	et ass oppen	si si(nn) oppen
without article	nominative/accusative	oppenen	oppen	oppent	oppen
without article	dative	oppenem	oppener	oppenem	oppenen
with article	nominative/accusative	oppenen	oppen	oppent	oppen
with article	dative	oppenen	oppener	oppenen	oppenen

Synonyms

affen (rare)

Related terms

op