Environment and climate Ëmwelt a Klima
Discuss sustainability, waste and energy, and see how Luxembourgish builds nouns from verbs.
26 words and phrases
- d'Ëmwelt
- the environment
- de Klimawandel
- climate change
- d'Nohaltegkeet
- sustainability
- nohalteg
- sustainable
- recycléieren
- to recycle
- den Offall
- waste
- de Knascht
- rubbish
- d'Verschmotzung
- pollution
- d'Loft
- the air
- d'Energie
- energy
- erneierbar
- renewable
- de Stroum
- electricity
- d'Solarenergie
- solar energy
- d'Wandenergie
- wind energy
- de Velo
- the bicycle
- d'Natur
- nature
- de Bësch
- the forest
- de Bauer
- the farmer
- de Plastik
- plastic
- verbrauchen
- to consume
- spueren
- to save
- reduzéieren
- to reduce
- schützen
- to protect
- d'Zukunft
- the future
- d'Verantwortung
- responsibility
- d'Biodiversitéit
- biodiversity
Grammar
From verb to noun
verbrauchen → de Verbrauch (consumption); schützen → de Schutz; reduzéieren → d'Reduktioun. Nouns ending in -ung, -heet, -keet are feminine: d'Verschmotzung, d'Fräiheet, d'Nohaltegkeet.
The future with wäert
Formal future: wäert + infinitive. D'Temperaturen wäerte klammen. (The n of "wäerten" drops before k.) In conversation "ginn" or the present with a time word is more common: Muer gëtt et waarm.
Practice
6 exercises: multiple choice, typing, matching pairs and word order.