feelen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German veilen (variant of vēlen), from Old French faillir, falir, from Latin fallere. Compare German fehlen, Dutch falen, English fail, French faillir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeːlen/, [ˈfeːlən]
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  • Rhymes: -eːlən

Verb

feelen (third-person singular present feelt, past participle gefeelt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (intransitive) to be absent, to be lacking

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive feelen
participle gefeelt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular feelen
2nd singular feels feel
3rd singular feelt
1st plural feelen
2nd plural feelt feelt
3rd plural feelen

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Yola

Noun

feelen

  1. alternative form of veeleen

References

  • Charles Vallancey (1788), “Memoir of the Language, Manners and Customs of an Anglo-Saxon Colony Settled in the Baronies of Forth and Bargie, in the County of Wexford, Ireland, in 1167, 1168 and 1169.”, in The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy[1], volume 2, Royal Irish Academy, page 30