Luxembourgish language

Let’s learn Luxembourgish!

This page is supposed to help you learn Luxembourgish. It is less about teaching Luxembourgish, but about learning it. So it is the learners who should come up with the terms or expressions they need, in order to get a translation. The idea is to create an interactive dictionary, to improve and expand the vocabulary. This dictionary should be mainly composed of images and audio files, to enable people with a different language background or reduced literacy skills to use it as well. As every dictionary, this is just a tool to help you increase your vocabulary. There will be no grammar or syntax lessons! Nevertheless, this site will provide you with the words you need to train the latter with the help of your teacher.

This is how it works

As mentioned above, it is the learners who should come up with the terms and expressions they need, since the learning must be meaningful to them. They should take pictures of the objects they want to name in Luxembourgish, or they should record chunks of language or expressions, they want to have translated and upload them. Preferably, they should ask a proficient Luxembourgish speaker to provide the translation, record it and upload it onto this page, to make sure it is done when they need it.

To keep it as simple as possible, the terms are not organized alphabetically, but according to topics. For every topic, there is a table. In the first column you can find the images, and the following columns are for the respective languages, containing the audio files.

In case you need the translation of an expression, but you do not know anyone to translate it, make sure you add a translation of the expression in either English, French or German, beside your mother tongue, so that someone from Luxembourg can translate it for you.

Everyday life / Alldag

Farsi	English	Lëtzebuergesch	Français
Salam	Hello	Moien	Salut
sub bakhair	Good morning	Gudde Moien
chitor hasty	How are you?	Wéi geet et?
khwab khob dashte	Did you sleep well?	Hues de gutt geschlof?
subhana	Breakfast	Moiesiessen
eshtehai khob	Enjoy your meal	Gudden Appetit
bad az zohorbakhair	Good afternoon	Gudde Mëtteg
aser bakhair	Good evening	Gudden Owend
shab bakair	Good night	Gutt Nuecht
khawabe khob	Sleep well	Schlof gutt
khawabe khob bebene	Nice dreams	Dreem eppes Schéines
khoda hafiz	Goodbye	Äddi
chi mekone amroz	What are you doing today?	Wat méchs du haut?
koja mere	Where are you going?	Wou geess du hin?
chi mekhai anjam bete	What do you want to do?	Wat wëlls du maachen?
chitor bod rozet	How was your day?	Wéi war däin Dag?
chitor ast zendage	How is your life?	Wéi geet et esou am Liewen?

An der Schoul / At school

Bild	Lëtzebuergesch	Português
Bläistëft	Bläistëft	Lápis

Mäi Kierper / My body

Bild	Lëtzebuergesch
A	A
Mond	Mond
Nues	Nues

Doheem / At home

Bild	Lëtzebuergesch
Auer	Auer
Bänk	Bänk
Biischt	Biischt
Dier	Dier
Eemer	Eemer
Kachmaschinn	Kachmaschinn
Raclette	Raclette
See	See
Trockner	Trockner
Wäschmaschinn	Wäschmaschinn
	Wäschpolver
Zëmmerplanz	Zëmmerplanz
Auto	Auto
	Bild
Botzmëttel	Botzmëttel
Bréifkëscht	Bréifkëscht
	Buch
Chrëschtbeemchen	Chrëschtbeemchen
Computer	Computer
Dësch	Dësch
Dreckskëscht	Dreckskëscht
Dusch	Dusch
Feierläscher	Feierläscher
Feiermelder	Feiermelder
	Fotoapparat
Frigo	Frigo
Gank	Gank
Glänner	Glänner
Kachplack	Kachplack
Kalenner	Kalenner
Kannerbett	Kannerbett
Kannerkutsch	Kannerkutsch
Kichen	Kichen
Kicheschaf	Kicheschaf
Klensch	Klensch
Laptop	Laptop
Lavabo	Lavabo
Luteschalter	Luteschalter
Schaf	Schaf
Schaukelelch	Schaukelelch
Schlofkummer	Schlofkummer
Schnéimännchen	Schnéimännchen
Spullsteen	Spullsteen
Steckdous	Steckdous
Toilette	Toilette
Trap	Trap
Vullefudder	Vullefudder
	Weichspüler