LuxVocabularyLëtzebuergesch
- English
- to rescue; to save; to protect
- Français
- sauver; tirer d'affaire
- Deutsch
- retten
- Type
- VRB
- Auxiliary
- hunn
- Participe passé
- gerett
retten
Pronunciation (IPA)
[ʀˈætən]
Meanings and translations
Meaning 1
- Deutsch
- retten (bergen)
- Français
- sauver (mettre en sûreté)
- English
- to rescue
- Português
- salvar (livrar de perigo)
- Nederlands
- redden (in veiligheid brengen)
Meaning 2
- Deutsch
- retten (helfen)
- Français
- sauver; tirer d'affaire
- English
- to save (to help)
- Português
- salvar (livrar de apuros)
- Nederlands
- redden (helpen)
Meaning 3
- Deutsch
- retten (bewahren, erhalten)
- Français
- sauver (préserver, sauvegarder)
- English
- to save; to protect
- Português
- salvar (preservar, salvaguardar)
- Nederlands
- redden (bewaren, behouden)
Usage notes
Spelling variants
Only source-reviewed variants are suggested.
- gerett
- gerettem
- geretten
- geretter
- rett
- retten
- retts
Example sentences
e Pompjee huet d'Kand a leschter Minutt aus de Flame gerett
Meaning 1: to rescue
bass du nach ze retten ?
colloquialMeaning 1: to rescue
hien huet sech mat enger raffinéierter Ausried aus der Situatioun gerett
Meaning 2: to save
bei deene villen Datze kann och eng lescht gutt Prüfung dech net méi retten
Meaning 2: to save
de Verwonnte war net méi ze retten
Meaning 2: to save
d'Bierger hunn Ënnerschrëfte gesammelt, fir dat aalt Gebai ze retten
Meaning 3: to save; to protect
Verb conjugation
- Infinitive
- retten
- Past participle
- gerett
- Auxiliary
- hunn
Indicative · Present
- ech
- retten
- du
- retts
- hien / hatt / si
- rett
- mir
- retten
- dir
- rett
- si
- retten
Indicative · Perfect
- ech
- hu gerett
- du
- hues gerett
- hien / hatt / si
- huet gerett
- mir
- hu gerett
- dir
- hutt gerett
- si
- hu gerett
Indicative · Pluperfect
- ech
- hat gerett
- du
- has gerett
- hien / hatt / si
- hat gerett
- mir
- hate gerett
- dir
- hat gerett
- si
- hate gerett
Conditional · Present
- ech
- géif / géing retten
- du
- géifs / géings retten
- hien / hatt / si
- géif / géing retten
- mir
- géifen / géinge retten
- dir
- géift / géingt retten
- si
- géifen / géinge retten
Conditional · Past
- ech
- hätt gerett
- du
- häss gerett
- hien / hatt / si
- hätt gerett
- mir
- hätte gerett
- dir
- hätt gerett
- si
- hätte gerett
Imperative · Present
- du
- rett!
- dir
- rett!