oppen

See also: öppen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Derived from the preposition op (“on, upon”), which also has an adverbial sense “open”, as has German auf. The infix -en- may stem from the older affen (“open”), from Old High German offan, which itself is cognate with German offen, Dutch open, and English open. (The phonetic similarity between Luxembourgish oppen and Dutch/English open is thus accidental.) Other dialects of Moselle Franconian and Ripuarian generally use the stem opp- (without -en-) for the adjective “open”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈopən/

Adjective

oppen (masculine oppenen, neuter oppent, not comparable)

  1. (attributive only) open
    Mat oppener Fënster ass et ze kal.
    It’s too cold with an open window.

Declension
declension of oppen
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass oppen si ass oppen et ass oppen si si(nn) oppen
without article nominative/accusative oppenen oppen oppent oppen
dative oppenem oppener oppenem oppenen
with article nominative/accusative oppenen oppen oppent oppen
dative oppenen oppener oppenen oppenen

Synonyms
  • affen (rare)
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