lugen
Dupaningan Agta
German
Etymology
From Middle High German luogen, from Old High German luogēn, from Proto-West Germanic *lōgēn (“to look, see”). Compare Alemannic German luege.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈluːɡn̩]
- Hyphenation: lu‧gen
Audio (file)
Verb
lugen (weak, third-person singular present lugt, past tense lugte, past participle gelugt, auxiliary haben)
- (dated) to look
- 1827, Heinrich Heine, “Die Heimkehr 1823–1824”, in Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
- Die Nacht war lang, die Nacht war kalt, / Es waren so kalt die Steine; / Es lugt aus dem Fenster die blasse Gestalt, / Beleuchtet vom Mondenscheine.
- The night was long, the night was cold, / The stones were so cold, / The pale figure looks out from the window, / Lit by moonshine.
Conjugation
infinitive | lugen | ||||
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present participle | lugend | ||||
past participle | gelugt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich luge | wir lugen | i | ich luge | wir lugen |
du lugst | ihr lugt | du lugest | ihr luget | ||
er lugt | sie lugen | er luge | sie lugen | ||
preterite | ich lugte | wir lugten | ii | ich lugte1 | wir lugten1 |
du lugtest | ihr lugtet | du lugtest1 | ihr lugtet1 | ||
er lugte | sie lugten | er lugte1 | sie lugten1 | ||
imperative | lug (du) luge (du) |
lugt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- anlugen
- auslugen
- nachlugen
- zulugen
Further reading
- “lugen” in Duden online
- “lugen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “lugen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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