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

Regular

infinitive	fleeten
participle	gefleet
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	fleeten	—
2nd singular	fleets	fleet
3rd singular	fleet	—
1st plural	fleeten	—
2nd plural	fleet	fleet
3rd plural	fleeten	—

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

Derived terms

• fleete goen