ruffen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German ruofen, from Old High German ruofan, from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną. The short vowel seems to be irregular or of regional origin; the expected form is roufen, which exists as a dialectal variant. Cognate with German rufen, Dutch roepen, English roop, Swedish ropa, Icelandic hrópa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʀufən/

Verb

ruffen (third-person singular present rifft, past participle geruff, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (intransitive) to call out, to shout
  2. (transitive) to call
  3. (transitive) to invite; to ask (someone) to do something

Conjugation

Irregular
infinitive ruffen
participle geruff
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular ruffen
2nd singular riffs ruff
3rd singular rifft
1st plural ruffen
2nd plural rufft rufft
3rd plural ruffen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

  • ausruffen
  • beruffen
  • eraruffen
  • erausruffen
  • noruffen
  • ofruffen
  • opruffen
  • uruffen
  • zouruffen
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