vläicht
Luxembourgish
Alternative forms
- vläit (chiefly in the Red Lands)
Etymology
Contracted from *villäicht. See vill and läicht (the latter being a less common variant of liicht). The construct is the same as German vielleicht and quite probably borrowed from there. The contraction into a monosyllable is also common (although not obligatory) in German speech.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flæːɪ̯ɕt/
Adverb
vläicht
- maybe, perhaps