spriechen
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German sprechen, from Old High German sprehhan, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną. Cognate with German sprechen, spreken, West Frisian sprekke, English speak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃpʀie̯χen/, [ˈʃpʀiə̯ɕən]
- Rhymes: -iəɕən
Verb
spriechen (third-person singular present sprécht, past participle gesprach, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to speak; to give; to issue; used with certain objects like Uerteel (“verdict”)
- (archaic, transitive or intransitive) to speak; to talk
Usage notes
- The verb is somewhat commoner in compounds, though it is often replaced with schwätzen even in loan translations of German compounds with the component sprechen.
Conjugation
| Irregular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | spriechen | |
| participle | gesprach | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | spriechen | — |
| 2nd singular | spréchs | spriech |
| 3rd singular | sprécht | — |
| 1st plural | spriechen | — |
| 2nd plural | spriecht | spriecht |
| 3rd plural | spriechen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
Synonyms
- (to talk): schwätzen
Derived terms
- bespriechen
- entspriechen
- hellegspriechen
- ofspriechen
- Spriecher
- uspriechen
- verspriechen
- zouspriechen
Related terms
- Sprachwuert
- Sprooch