Eifeler Regel
the n-deletion rule
Good to know
Shared with the dialects of the German Eifel.
Taught in C2 · Varieties and history of the language
Where Luxembourgish comes from, how it was standardised, its French and German layers, and the rule that governs the final n.
Other words in this lesson
- Muselfränkesch — Moselle Franconian
- d'Éislek — the Ösling (the north)
- de Minett — the south (the iron-ore region)
- d'Musel — the Moselle (the east)
- d'Koiné — the common standard variety
- d'Orthographie — the spelling
- de Zenter fir d'Lëtzebuerger Sprooch (ZLS) — the state language centre
- de LOD — Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire
- d'Friemwuert — the loanword / foreign word
- d'Etymologie — etymology
- Äddi (← adieu), Merci, Trottoir, Velo, Camion, Portmonni, Forschett — everyday words borrowed from French
- de Sproochwandel — language change
- d'Standardsprooch — the standard language
- d'Sproochpolitik — language policy
- d'Méisproochegkeet — multilingualism
- d'Aussprooch — pronunciation
- de Wuertschatz — vocabulary
- d'Betounung — stress
- de Vokal / de Konsonant — vowel / consonant
- kodifizéieren — to codify
- ofleeden — to derive