Luxembourgish

English

Alternative forms

• Luxemburgish

Etymology

Luxembourg +‎ -ish

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌksəmˌbɜːɡɪʃ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌksəmˌbɝɡɪʃ/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

Luxembourgish (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Luxembourg or its people.
2. Of or in the language of Luxembourg (derived from the Moselle Franconian group of High German dialects).

Synonyms

• Luxembourgeois

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Luxembourg or its people

• Afrikaans: Luxemburgs (af)
• Basque: luxenburgotar (eu)
• Catalan: luxemburguès (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盧森堡的／卢森堡的 (zh) (Lúsēnbǎo de)

• Czech: lucemburský (cs)
• Dutch: Luxemburgs (nl)
• Estonian: Luksemburgi (of country), luksemburgi (of people)
• Faroese: luksemburgskur
• Finnish: luxemburgilainen (fi)
• French: luxembourgeois (fr)
• Galician: luxemburgués (gl) m
• Georgian: ლუქსემბურგული (luksemburguli)
• German: luxemburgisch (de)
• Greek: λουξεμβουργιανός m (louxemvourgianós), λουξεμβουργιανή f (louxemvourgianí), λουξεμβουργιανό n (louxemvourgianó)
• Icelandic: lúxemborgskur
• Irish: Lucsamburgach
• Italian: lussemburghese (it)
• Japanese: ルクセンブルクの (Rukusenburugu no)
• Korean: 룩셈부르크 (ko) (Ruksembureukeu)
• Latin: Luxemburgicus
• Latvian: luksemburgiešu, luksemburgisks
• Luxembourgish: lëtzebuergesch
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: luxemburgsk (no), luxembourgsk (no)

  Nynorsk: luxemburgsk (nn), luxembourgsk (nn)

• Polish: luksemburski (pl) m
• Portuguese: luxemburguês (pt)
• Romanian: luxemburgic m or n, luxemburghez (ro) m or n
• Russian: люксембу́ргский (ru) m (ljuksembúrgskij)
• Spanish: luxemburgués (es)
• Swedish: luxemburgsk (sv)
• West Frisian: Lúksemboarchsk

of or in the Luxembourgish language

• Afrikaans: Luxemburgs (af)
• Estonian: letseburgi, luksemburgi (rare)
• Finnish: luxemburginkielinen
• Georgian: ლუქსემბურგული (luksemburguli)
• Greek: λουξεμβουργιανά (el) n pl (louxemvourgianá)
• Icelandic: lúxemborgskur
• Irish: Lucsambuirgise

Proper noun

Luxembourgish

1. A Germanic language spoken in Luxembourg and, traditionally, around the city of Arlon (Belgium); originally included in the Moselle Franconian group of High German dialects, but now usually regarded as a separate language due to its standardisation and official use in the state of Luxembourg.

Synonyms

• Luxembourgeois

Translations

language of Luxembourg

• Afrikaans: Luxemburgs (af)
• Armenian: լյուքսեմբուրգերեն (lyukʻsemburgeren)
• Basque: luxenburgera (eu)
• Belarusian: люксембу́ргская мо́ва f (ljuksjembúrhskaja móva), люксембу́ргская f (ljuksjembúrhskaja)
• Catalan: luxemburguès (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盧森堡語／卢森堡语 (zh) (Lúsēnbǎo yǔ)

• Cornish: Lushaborgek m
• Czech: lucemburština f
• Estonian: letseburgi keel (et)
• Faroese: luksemburgskt n
• Finnish: luxemburg (fi)
• French: luxembourgeois (fr) m
• Galician: luxemburgués (gl) m
• Georgian: ლუქსემბურგული ენა (luksemburguli ena)
• German: Luxemburgisch (de) n, luxemburgische Mundart f, luxemburgische Sprache f
• Icelandic: lúxemborgska f
• Irish: Lucsambuirgis f
• Italian: lussemburghese (it) m
• Japanese: ルクセンブルク語 (ja) (Rukusenburuku-go)
• Kazakh: люксембург тілі (lüksemburg tılı), люксембургша (lüksemburgşa)
• Khmer: លុចសំបួ (km) (lucsɑmbuə)
• Korean: 룩셈부르크어 (Ruksembureukeu-eo)
• Latin: lingua Luxemburgensis
• Latvian: luksemburgiešu valoda f, luksemburgiešu
• Limburgish: Lieëtsjebergsj n
• Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuergesch (lb) n
• Navajo: Látsębooʼ bizaad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: luxemburgsk (no) m, luxembourgsk (no) m

  Nynorsk: luxemburgsk (nn) m, luxembourgsk (nn) m

• Persian: زبان لوکزامبورگی
• Portuguese: luxemburguês (pt) m
• Romanian: luxemburgheză (ro) f
• Russian: люксембу́ргский язы́к (ru) m (ljuksembúrgskij jazýk), люксембу́ргский (ru) m (ljuksembúrgskij)
• Santali: ᱞᱩᱠᱥᱮᱢᱵᱟᱨᱜᱤᱥ (luksembargis), ᱞᱟᱠᱥᱮᱢᱵᱟᱨᱜᱤᱥ (laksembargis)
• Spanish: luxemburgués (es)
• Swedish: luxemburgiska (sv)
• Turkish: Lüksemburgca (tr)
• Uyghur: ليۇكسېمبۇرگ تىلى (lyuksëmburg tili)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Luxembourgish terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code lb, ISO 639-3 code ltz (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Luxembourgish, ltz ⁠