luege

See also: lüge and Lüge

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German luogēn, from Proto-Germanic *lōgijaną (“to look, see”). Cognate with Cimbrian luugan.

Pronunciation
  • (Zurich) IPA(key): /ˈluəɡə/

Verb

luege (third-person singular simple present lueget, past participle glueget, auxiliary haa)

  1. to look (at something), watch
    • 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ‘s Heiwili, I.5:
      Äs stoht im Stubli, rod't si nüd, / Blöiß d' Äugli lueged schüüch is Gstüüd.
  2. to look after, care (for)

References
  • “luege” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 84.
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