luege

See also: lüge and Lüge

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German luogen, from Old High German luogēn, from Proto-West Germanic *lōgēn (“to look, see”). Cognate with German lugen, English look.

Pronunciation

(Zurich) IPA^(key): /ˈluəɡ̥ə/

Verb

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

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.
to look after, care (for)

References

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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