Luxembourgish was originally a spoken language, first appearing in print in a journal in 1821. The first Luxembourgish book was published in 1829. The Luxembourgish alphabet consists of the 26 Latin letters plus three letters with diacritics: “é”, “ä”, and “ë”.
Most Luxembourgish people can switch seamlessly between their own language, German, French and English. This is evident when you pick up one of the local newspapers, which are usually a tapestry of languages, one article could be in French and the next, on the same page, can be in German. A lot of expats end up studying Luxembourgish because, if you have lived in the country for five years and pass a language test – the Sproochentest – you can acquire Luxembourgish citizenship.
3 BASIC WORDS
Moien – This means hello. Add a ‘gudde’ on the front and it becomes ‘good morning’.
Villmols merci – Thank you very much – always useful.
Tip Top – This is a quintessentially Luxembourgish phrase which means, very good, everything is in order.
3 peculiar PHRASES
Ech hunn de Kéis! [Urch-hun-duh-kayz] – Literally ‘I have the cheese!’, meaning ‘I’ve had enough!’
Virwëtztut! [fear-vitz-toot] – A name parents call their children when they are too curious about something. A “Virwëtztut” is a bag of sweets with a hidden surprise.
Du hues eng mat der Broutschéiss! [doo who-es eng mat da Brote schayss]
‘You were hit with a bread peel’ – you’re acting crazy.
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