lounen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German lōnōn (“to pay, reward”), from the noun lōn (whence Luxembourgish Loun (“salary”)), from Proto-West Germanic *laun.

Compare German lohnen, Lohn, Dutch loon, Old English lēan (not continued in modern English).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈləʊ̯nən/

Verb

lounen (third-person singular present lount, past participle gelount, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to lease, to rent (from someone)
  2. (intransitive) to pay off; to be worth it

Conjugation
Regular
infinitive lounen
participle gelount
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative		 imperative
1st singular lounen —
2nd singular louns loun
3rd singular lount —
1st plural lounen —
2nd plural lount lount
3rd plural lounen —
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms
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