dréien

See also: dreien and Dreien

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German drāen, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną. Cognate with German drehen, Dutch draaien, English throw, Danish dreje, Swedish dreja.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʀei̯en/, [ˈdʀɜɪ̯ən]
  • Rhymes: -ɜɪən

Verb

dréien (third-person singular present dréit, past participle gedréit, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to turn, to twist, to rotate
  2. (transitive) to shoot (a film, a scene, a photograph, etc.)
  3. (transitive) to roll
  4. (reflexive) to turn around, to pivot, to rotate

Conjugation
Regular
infinitive dréien
participle gedréit
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative		 imperative
1st singular dréien —
2nd singular dréis dréi
3rd singular dréit —
1st plural dréien —
2nd plural dréit dréit
3rd plural dréien —
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Synonyms
  • (to turn): kéieren

Derived terms
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