grouss
Big
Usage
For the size of clothes, rooms or luggage; it is also used for tall people
Grammar Note
The adjective grouss is uninflected as a predicate and takes an ending before a noun. It corresponds to German groß, but Luxembourgish never uses ß
kleng
Small
Usage
For small size or amount; also used for younger children
Grammar Note
The adjective kleng (German klein). Note the spelling without -i-
schwéier
Heavy
Usage
For the weight of luggage or objects
Grammar Note
The adjective schwéier; it is also used as an adverb meaning heavily or greatly
liicht
Light (weight)
Usage
For how light luggage is. The noun Liicht means light (brightness)
Grammar Note
The adjective liicht (German leicht); it also means light on the stomach or slight
deier
Expensive
Usage
Used when something costs a lot
Grammar Note
The adjective deier (German teuer). Note the initial d
bëlleg
Cheap
Usage
For a low price. It can also mean cheap in the sense of poor quality, so be careful when praising something
Grammar Note
The adjective bëlleg (German billig), spelled with ë
waarm
Hot / warm
Usage
For hot or warm drinks, food and water. Luxembourgish uses the single word waarm for both hot and warm
Grammar Note
The adjective waarm. It is used where German distinguishes warm and heiß, covering both warm and hot
kal
Cold
Usage
For cold drinks, food or hands and feet
Grammar Note
The adjective kal (German kalt), without the final t
nei
New
Usage
For something newly bought or recently made
Grammar Note
The adjective nei (German neu); it takes an ending before a noun
al
Old (thing)
Usage
For old buildings or objects. The same word is used for a person's age
Grammar Note
The adjective al is used for things and for people (German alt)
jonk
Young
Usage
For young people or animals; the opposite of al
Grammar Note
The adjective jonk (German jung); it ends in -nk, not -ng
Hien ass al
He is old
Usage
A basic sentence for an elderly person. It uses the same word al as for old things
Grammar Note
Composed from dictionary-verified words. Hien keeps its n because the next word starts with a vowel (n-rule)
propper
Clean
Usage
For whether rooms, towels or toilets are clean
Grammar Note
The adjective propper (from French propre); German sauber is not used
dreckeg
Dirty
Usage
For dirty rooms or clothes. It can also mean nasty, so do not use it of people
Grammar Note
The adjective dreckeg (German schmutzig); the ending is -eg, not -ig
gutt
Good
Usage
For good things, food or health; also used as an adverb meaning well
Grammar Note
The adjective gutt (German gut), with double t. Before nouns the stem changes to gudd-
schlecht
Bad
Usage
For poor quality, weather or condition
Grammar Note
The adjective schlecht, spelled as in German. As an adverb it can also mean hardly
no
Near
Usage
Means near. It is used before a noun (am noen Ausland). Note that the preposition no, after, is spelled the same
Grammar Note
The adjective no takes an ending before nouns, e.g. noen (am noen Ausland)
wäit
Far
Usage
For distance; typically in Ass et wäit? (is it far?)
Grammar Note
The adjective wäit (German weit), spelled with ä
fréi
Early
Usage
For early times; works as an adverb and as an adjective
Grammar Note
fréi (German früh), spelled with é; Luxembourgish does not use ü here
spéit
Late
Usage
For late times, as in Et ass scho spéit (it is already late)
Grammar Note
The adjective spéit (German spät), spelled with é
vill
Many / a lot
Usage
For large numbers or amounts, placed before the noun as in vill Leit (many people) or vill Zäit (a lot of time)
Grammar Note
The indefinite vill is uninflected and works with countable and uncountable nouns (German viel / viele)
wéineg
Few / little
Usage
For small numbers or amounts, as in wéineg Leit or wéineg Suen
Grammar Note
The indefinite wéineg is uninflected (German wenig). For a few, e puer is also used
Et ass waarm
It's hot (weather)
Usage
For talking about the weather; Luxembourgish uses waarm for both hot and warm weather
Grammar Note
Composed from dictionary-verified words on the pattern of Et ass kal dobaussen. Weather is expressed with Et ass ...
Et ass kal
It's cold (weather)
Usage
For weather or room temperature; outdoors: Et ass kal dobaussen
Grammar Note
The same pattern as Et ass kal dobaussen
léif
Cute
Usage
To praise lovable children or small animals. Said of a person it also means nice or kind
Grammar Note
The adjective léif (German lieb). It covers cute, nice, kind and dear
cool
Cool
Usage
An informal compliment for people or things, mostly among younger people
Grammar Note
A loanword from English with the English spelling
lecker
Delicious
Usage
A one-word praise for food, as in Dat ass lecker!
Grammar Note
The adjective lecker, identical in form to German lecker
fantastesch
Amazing
Usage
A word of praise for views, meals and experiences
Grammar Note
The adjective fantastesch; the ending -esch is Luxembourgish, not German -isch
lëschteg
Fun / funny
Usage
For a cheerful person or a funny story
Grammar Note
The adjective lëschteg (German lustig), spelled with ë
méi
More
Usage
For asking for more, and for forming comparatives
Grammar Note
The adverb méi (German mehr); put before an adjective it forms comparatives such as méi grouss
Nëmmen e bëssen
Just a little
Usage
To ask for just a small amount, e.g. when offered food or drink
Grammar Note
E bëssen is the fixed phrase for a bit. The n of nëmmen stays before the vowel e, and the n of bëssen stays at the end of the sentence
Hallschent
Half
Usage
For halving an amount or price. Hallschent is a feminine noun
Grammar Note
The noun Hallschent is feminine. The adjective hallef (half) is used before nouns
alles
All / everything
Usage
For all or everything, as in Alles an der Rei? (is everything OK?)
Grammar Note
The indefinite pronoun alles, same form as in German
Dat ass genuch, merci
That's enough, thank you
Usage
To say that is enough when food or drink is being served
Grammar Note
The pattern et ass genuch. Enough is genuch, not German genug
direkt
Right now
Usage
For immediately or right now, also when asking someone to hurry
Grammar Note
The adverb direkt; German sofort is not used
Eng Persoun
One person
Usage
For stating the number of people for seats or tickets. Persoun is a feminine noun
Grammar Note
The noun Persoun is feminine (plural Persounen); one is eng before a feminine noun
Zwou Persounen
Two people
Usage
For stating a number of people. Before a feminine noun the word for two is zwou, not zwee
Grammar Note
Two before a feminine noun is zwou, as in zwou Zeitungen
Dräi Persounen
Three people
Usage
For stating a number of people
Grammar Note
Three is dräi (German drei) and does not change with gender
More Luxembourgish phrases
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