opreegen
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From op- + *reegen; compare German aufregen. The verb *reegen (< Middle High German regen, whence German regen (“to move, to stir”)) is obsolete in Luxembourgish but has survived in opreegen and ureegen (“to stimulate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈopˌʀeːʁen/, [ˈopˌʀeːʑən]
Verb
opreegen (third-person singular present reegt op, past participle opgereegt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to upset, to unsettle, to annoy
- (transitive) to excite, to work up, to agitate
- (reflexive) to get worked up, to get agitated
Conjugation
| Regular, separable | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | opreegen | |
| participle | opgereegt | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | reegen op | — |
| 2nd singular | reegs op | reeg op |
| 3rd singular | reegt op | — |
| 1st plural | reegen op | — |
| 2nd plural | reegt op | reegt op |
| 3rd plural | reegen op | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
Derived terms
- Opreegung