lutter

See also: Lutter

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lutər/, [ˈlud̥ɐ]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German lūtter (“clean, pure, unmixed”).

Adjective

lutter (neuter lutter, plural and definite singular attributive lutter)

1. sheer, all, nothing but

Etymology 2

See lut (“lute”).

Noun

lutter c

1. indefinite plural of lut

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French luiter, from Old French luitier, from Latin luctārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly.te/

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Verb

lutter

1. (intransitive) to struggle, to fight

   lutter contre la discrimination ― to fight/struggle against discrimination

2. (sports) to wrestle

Conjugation

Conjugation of lutter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	lutter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	luttant /ly.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		lutté /ly.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	lutte /lyt/	luttes /lyt/	lutte /lyt/	luttons /ly.tɔ̃/	luttez /ly.te/	luttent /lyt/
	imperfect	luttais /ly.tɛ/	luttais /ly.tɛ/	luttait /ly.tɛ/	luttions /ly.tjɔ̃/	luttiez /ly.tje/	luttaient /ly.tɛ/
	past historic2	luttai /ly.te/	luttas /ly.ta/	lutta /ly.ta/	luttâmes /ly.tam/	luttâtes /ly.tat/	luttèrent /ly.tɛʁ/
	future	lutterai /ly.tʁe/	lutteras /ly.tʁa/	luttera /ly.tʁa/	lutterons /ly.tʁɔ̃/	lutterez /ly.tʁe/	lutteront /ly.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	lutterais /ly.tʁɛ/	lutterais /ly.tʁɛ/	lutterait /ly.tʁɛ/	lutterions /ly.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	lutteriez /ly.tə.ʁje/	lutteraient /ly.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	lutte /lyt/	luttes /lyt/	lutte /lyt/	luttions /ly.tjɔ̃/	luttiez /ly.tje/	luttent /lyt/
	imperfect2	luttasse /ly.tas/	luttasses /ly.tas/	luttât /ly.ta/	luttassions /ly.ta.sjɔ̃/	luttassiez /ly.ta.sje/	luttassent /ly.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	lutte /lyt/	—	luttons /ly.tɔ̃/	luttez /ly.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• lutte
• lutteur

Related terms

• inéluctable

See also

• batailler

Further reading

• “lutter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “lŭctāri”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, pages 438–440

Mòcheno

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “*hlūtraz?”

Noun

lutter ?

1. rhododendron

References

• “lutter” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lutter m

1. indefinite plural of lutt

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• *lūter

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hlūtr, from Proto-Germanic *hlūtraz.

Adjective

lutter

1. clear
2. pure

Inflection

Declension of lutter (a-stem)

strong declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	lutter	lutter	lutter	luttera, luttere
accusative	lutteran, lutteren	luttera	lutter	luttera, luttere
genitive	lutteres	lutterero	lutteres	lutterero
dative	lutterin, lutteremo	lutterero	lutterin, lutteremo	lutteron
weak declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	luttero	luttera	luttera	lutteron
accusative	lutteron	lutteron	luttera	lutteron
genitive	lutterin	lutteron	lutterin	lutterono
dative	lutterin	lutteron	lutterin	lutteron

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: lutter, lotter, luter
  • Dutch: luiter (obsolete)

References

• “luttar”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012