LuxVocabularyLëtzebuergesch
- English
- to duck down; to keep one's head down
- Français
- se tapir; s'incliner
- Deutsch
- sich ducken
- Type
- VRB
- Auxiliary
- hunn
- Participe passé
- geduckt
ducken
Pronunciation (IPA)
[dˈukən]
Meanings and translations
Meaning 1
- Deutsch
- sich ducken (sich bücken, sich kauern)
- Français
- se baisser; se tapir
- English
- to duck; to duck down (to stoop)
- Português
- baixar-se; agachar-se
- Nederlands
- wegduiken; hurken
Meaning 2
- Deutsch
- sich ducken (sich fügen)
- Français
- s'incliner (plier l'échine)
- English
- to keep one's head down (to cower)
- Português
- encolher-se; acanhar-se
- Nederlands
- in z'n schulp kruipen; zich voegen
Synonyms
kuschen
Spelling variants
Only source-reviewed variants are suggested.
- duck
- ducken
- ducks
- duckt
- geduckt
- sech ducken
Example sentences
duck dech, soss tucks de dech!
Meaning 1: to duck; to duck down
d'Kanner hunn sech hanner d'Heck geduckt
Meaning 1: to duck; to duck down
mir hunn eis all geduckt a kee Wuert méi gesot
Meaning 2: to keep one's head down
hien ass gewinnt, (sech) ze ducken
Meaning 2: to keep one's head down
Verb conjugation
- Infinitive
- ducken
- Past participle
- geduckt
- Auxiliary
- hunn
Indicative · Present
- ech
- ducke mech
- du
- ducks dech
- hien / hatt / si
- duckt sech
- mir
- ducken eis
- dir
- duckt iech
- si
- ducken sech
Indicative · Perfect
- ech
- hu mech geduckt
- du
- hues dech geduckt
- hien / hatt / si
- huet sech geduckt
- mir
- hunn eis geduckt
- dir
- hutt iech geduckt
- si
- hunn sech geduckt
Indicative · Pluperfect
- ech
- hat mech geduckt
- du
- has dech geduckt
- hien / hatt / si
- hat sech geduckt
- mir
- haten eis geduckt
- dir
- hat iech geduckt
- si
- haten sech geduckt
Conditional · Present
- ech
- géif / géing mech ducken
- du
- géifs / géings dech ducken
- hien / hatt / si
- géif / géing sech ducken
- mir
- géifen / géingen eis ducken
- dir
- géift / géingt iech ducken
- si
- géifen / géingen sech ducken
Conditional · Past
- ech
- hätt mech geduckt
- du
- häss dech geduckt
- hien / hatt / si
- hätt sech geduckt
- mir
- hätten eis geduckt
- dir
- hätt iech geduckt
- si
- hätten sech geduckt
Imperative · Present
- du
- duck dech!
- dir
- duckt iech!