stiichten

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Fron Middle High German stihten, northwestern byform of stiften, whence the doublet stëften. Cognate with German stiften, Dutch stichten. The development ft > cht is native, but survives only in a number of relict words, cf. Griecht, Luucht, uechter.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃtiːɕtən]

Verb

stiichten (third-person singular present stiicht, past participle gestiicht, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to get up to, pull off, commit (a mischievous act)

Usage notes
  • Mostly used with pronominal objects such as wat, dat, vill, eppes, näischt. For the latter two there is also an idiomatic construction with eng and keng: Hien huet nees eng gestiicht. (“He's got up to something again.”)

Conjugation
Regular
infinitive stiichten
participle stiicht
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative		 imperative
1st singular stiichten —
2nd singular stiichts stiicht
3rd singular stiicht —
1st plural stiichten —
2nd plural stiicht stiicht
3rd plural stiichten —
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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