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

Swedish

Noun

ruffen

  1. definite singular of ruff
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