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Most Common Luxembourgish Words
Lëtzebuergesch
Essential Luxembourgish vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| Mënsch | person | MENSH |
| Fra | woman | FRA |
| Kand | child | KANT |
| Haus | house | HAUS |
| Waasser | water | WAS-ser |
| Iessen | food | IS-sen |
| Land | land / country | LANT |
| Mier | sea | MEER |
| Bierg | mountain | BEERK |
| Bësch | forest | BUSH |
| Sonn | sun | ZON |
| Nuecht | night | NUECHT |
| Dag | day | DAKH |
| Famill | family | fa-MIL |
| Sprooch | language | SHPROCH |
| Léift | love | LEEFT |
| Musék | music | mu-ZEK |
| Fridden | peace | FRI-den |
| Häerz | heart | HAIRZ |
| Joer | year | YOR |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| goen | to go | GOEN |
| kommen | to come | KOM-men |
| iessen | to eat | IS-sen |
| drénken | to drink | DREN-ken |
| schlofen | to sleep | SHLOF-en |
| gesinn | to see | ge-ZIN |
| héieren | to hear | HEI-ren |
| schwätzen | to speak | SHWET-sen |
| sinn | to be | ZIN |
| léieren | to love / learn | LEI-ren |
| schaffen | to work | SHAF-fen |
| ginn | to give | GIN |
| huelen | to take | HU-len |
| kucken | to look / watch | KUK-ken |
| denken | to think | DEN-ken |
| verstoen | to understand | ver-SHTOEN |
| stoen | to stand | SHTOEN |
| sëtzen | to sit | ZET-sen |
| lafen | to run | LA-fen |
| spillen | to play | SHPIL-len |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| grouss | big / great | GROUS |
| kleng | small | KLENG |
| gutt | good | GUT |
| schlecht | bad | SHLECHT |
| nei | new | NEY |
| al | old | AL |
| wäiss | white | WAIS |
| schwaarz | black | SHWARZ |
| rout | red | ROUT |
| blo | blue | BLO |
| laang | long | LANG |
| kuerz | short | KUERZ |
| schwéier | heavy | SHWEI-er |
| liicht | light / easy | LICHT |
| séier | fast | ZEI-er |
| lues | slow | LUES |
| staark | strong | SHTARK |
| waarm | warm | WARM |
| kal | cold | KAL |
| schéin | beautiful | SHEN |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| elo | now | E-lo |
| gëschter | yesterday | GESH-ter |
| muer | tomorrow | MUER |
| hei | here | HEY |
| do | there | DO |
| jo | yes | YO |
| neen | no | NEN |
| och | also / too | OCH |
| awer | but | AW-er |
| an | and | AN |
| ganz | very / quite | GANZ |
| e bëssen | a little | e BUS-sen |
| ëmmer | always | UM-mer |
| ni | never | NI |
| dacks | often | DAKS |
| heiansdo | sometimes | HEY-ans-do |
| scho | already | SCHO |
| nach | still / yet | NACH |
| dofir | therefore / so | DO-fir |
| vläicht | perhaps / maybe | VLECHT |