wuessen
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvuə̯sən/
Etymology 1
From Middle High German wahsen, from Old High German wahsan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną. Cognate with German wachsen, Dutch wassen, English wax, West Frisian waakse, Icelandic vaxa, Swedish växa.
Verb
wuessen (third-person singular present wiisst, past participle gewuess, auxiliary verb sinn)
- (intransitive) to grow
Conjugation
| Irregular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | wuessen | |
| participle | gewuess | |
| auxiliary | sinn | |
| present indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | wuessen | — |
| 2nd singular | wiiss | wuess |
| 3rd singular | wiisst | — |
| 1st plural | wuessen | — |
| 2nd plural | wuesst | wuesst |
| 3rd plural | wuessen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
Derived terms
- awuessen
- erwuessen
- iwwerwuessen
- nowuessen
- opwuessen
- uwuessen
Etymology 2
From the noun Wuess (“wax”).
Verb
wuessen (third-person singular present wuesst, past participle gewuesst, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to wax, to apply wax to
Conjugation
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | wuessen | |
| participle | gewuesst | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | wuessen | — |
| 2nd singular | wuess | wuess |
| 3rd singular | wuesst | — |
| 1st plural | wuessen | — |
| 2nd plural | wuesst | wuesst |
| 3rd plural | wuessen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||