fleeten

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German flöuten, floiten. Compare German flöten, Dutch fluiten. By surface analysis, Fleet +‎ -en. The former is a now archaic form of Flütt (“flute”), which see.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfleːtən]

Verb

fleeten (third-person singular present fleet, past participle gefleet, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (archaic) to whistle or play a wind instrument
    Synonym: päifen
  2. (informal, with op) not to care about (something)
    Ech fleeten drop, wat d’Leit soen!
    I don’t give a damn about what people say!

Conjugation

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Derived terms
  • fleete goen
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