kräiz a quier

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Literally, “across and diagonally”. Compare German kreuz und quer. The form quier is a variant of queesch, which see.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʀæˑɪ̯.d͡z‿ɑ ˈkwiə̯]

Adverb

kräiz a quier

  1. crisscross, all over the place, in various directions
    D’Seejomesse si kräiz a quier iwwer den Dësch gelaf.
    The ants ran crisscross all over the table.
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