bleiwen
Luxembourgish verb conjugation — to stay · /blˈɑɪvən/
French rester · German bleiben · Portuguese ficar
In short: ech bleiwen, du bleifs, hien bleift, mir bleiwen, dir bleift, si bleiwen — and in the past, ech si bliwwen.
Present
Presens
| ech | bleiwen |
| du | bleifs |
| hien / hatt / et | bleift |
| mir | bleiwen |
| dir | bleift |
| si | bleiwen |
Perfect
Passé composé — the everyday past
| ech | si bliwwen |
| du | bass bliwwen |
| hien / hatt / et | ass bliwwen |
| mir | si bliwwen |
| dir | sidd bliwwen |
| si | si bliwwen |
Simple past
Imperfekt — used with a few verbs only
| ech | blouf |
| du | bloufs |
| hien / hatt / et | blouf |
| mir | bloufen / blouwen |
| dir | blouft |
| si | bloufen / blouwen |
Past perfect
Plusquamperfekt
| ech | war bliwwen |
| du | waars bliwwen |
| hien / hatt / et | war bliwwen |
| mir | ware bliwwen |
| dir | waart bliwwen |
| si | ware bliwwen |
Conditional
Konditional
| ech | bléif |
| du | bléifs |
| hien / hatt / et | bléif |
| mir | bléifen / bléiwen |
| dir | bléift |
| si | bléifen / bléiwen |
Conditional perfect
would have …
| ech | wier bliwwen |
| du | wiers bliwwen |
| hien / hatt / et | wier bliwwen |
| mir | wiere bliwwen |
| dir | wiert bliwwen |
| si | wiere bliwwen |
Imperative
Commands
| du | bleif! |
| dir | bleift! |
bleiwen in sentences
- ech kann net laang bleiwen, ech hunn ëm zwou Auer e Rendez-vous
- de Papp kënnt net heem iessen, e bleift léiwer an der Stad
- dat bleift ënner eis! dat gëtt net weiderverzielt
Read by native speakers for the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire.
Questions about bleiwen
How do you conjugate bleiwen in the present tense?
ech bleiwen, du bleifs, hien / hatt / et bleift, mir bleiwen, dir bleift, si bleiwen.
What is the past participle of bleiwen?
bliwwen.
Does bleiwen take hunn or sinn in the perfect?
sinn: ech si bliwwen.
How do you say "I stay" in Luxembourgish?
Ech bleiwen.
Does bleiwen have a simple past?
Yes: ech blouf, du bloufs, hien blouf. Most Luxembourgish verbs use only the perfect.
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