héiflech

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German höflich, from Middle High German hövelich, from hof (“court”) + -lich, equivalent to Luxembourgish Haff +‎ -lech. In view of the vocalism an older borrowing, but it cannot be a native descendant of the Middle High German.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhei̯fleχ/, [ˈhɜɪ̯fləɕ]

Adjective

héiflech (masculine héiflechen, neuter héiflecht, comparative méi héiflech, superlative am héiflechsten)

  1. polite

Declension

Declension of héiflech
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative hien ass héiflech si ass héiflech et ass héiflech si si(nn) héiflech
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner héiflechen héiflech héiflecht héiflech
independent without determiner héifleches héiflecher
dative after any declined word héiflechen héiflecher héiflechen héiflechen
as first declined word héiflechem héiflechem

Derived terms

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