opreegen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From op- +‎ *reegen; compare German aufregen. The verb *reegen (< Middle High German regen, whence German regen (“to move, to stir”)) is obsolete in Luxembourgish but has survived in opreegen and ureegen (“to stimulate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈopˌʀeːʁen/, [ˈopˌʀeːʑən]

Verb

opreegen (third-person singular present reegt op, past participle opgereegt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to upset, to unsettle, to annoy
2. (transitive) to excite, to work up, to agitate
3. (reflexive) to get worked up, to get agitated

Conjugation

Regular, separable
infinitive	opreegen
participle	opgereegt
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	reegen op	—
2nd singular	reegs op	reeg op
3rd singular	reegt op	—
1st plural	reegen op	—
2nd plural	reegt op	reegt op
3rd plural	reegen op	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

• Opreegung