oppen

See also: öppen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Derived from the preposition op (“on, upon”), which also has an adverbial sense “open”, as has German auf. The infix -en- may stem from the older affen (“open”), from Old High German offan, which itself is cognate with German offen, Dutch open, and English open. (The phonetic similarity between Luxembourgish oppen and Dutch/English open is thus accidental.) Other dialects of Moselle Franconian and Ripuarian generally use the stem opp- (without -en-) for the adjective “open”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈopən/

Adjective

oppen (masculine oppenen, neuter oppent, not comparable)

1. (attributive only) open

   Mat oppener Fënster ass et ze kal.

   It’s too cold with an open window.

Declension

Declension of oppen

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		hien ass oppen	si ass oppen	et ass oppen	si si(nn) oppen
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	oppenen	oppen	oppent	oppen
	independent without determiner			oppenes	oppener
dative	after any declined word	oppenen	oppener	oppenen	oppenen
	as first declined word	oppenem		oppenem

Synonyms

• affen (rare)

Related terms

• op

Swedish

Noun

oppen

1. definite singular of opp