Luxembourgish language resources – Language Links Database

Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch) – is a Moselle Franconian variety of West Central German that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people worldwide speak Luxembourgish.

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Native speakers: c. 400,000 (2010)

Official language in: Luxembourg


Luxembourgish Grammar and Pronunciation



  • Quattropole.org - Course, useful expressions with audio (free registration required)
  • Wikipedia - Phonology and basic grammar
  • Omniglot - Alphabet and pronunciation


Digitized Grammar Books




Luxembourgish Vocabulary




Luxembourgish Reading Materials



  • Wikipedia - Luxembourgish version of Wikipedia


Luxembourgish Dictionaries




Luxembourgish Listening and Video Resources



PODCASTS / AUDIOBOOKS



  • Languagesandpeoples.com - Comparison of German, English and Luxembourgish pronunciation
  • Forvo - Over 350 words pronounced by native speakers
  • ITunes - Join Luxembourgish teacher Julie as she teaches you the absolute basics. In this podcast you’ll be learning just enough to get by on a holiday or business trip to Luxembourg – and to impress native speakers with your knowledge of their language. Each lesson includes just over one minute of language-learning content, so there’s no excuse not to learn! Remember, even a few phrases of a language can help you make friends and enjoy travel more. 12 lessons.


TV / VIDEO / MOVIES



  • YouTube - A List Of YT Video Lessons
  • Rtl.lu - Radio and TV station. RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg is the main television channel in Luxembourg. RTL entertainment, magazine and news in Luxembourgish. Outside broadcasting hours, a live camera from the radio studio is broadcast, along with text news and traffic cameras. Programs from RTL Shop in German are broadcast a few hours a day.
  • SquidTV - Links to 2 TV stations


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MUSIC




Luxembourgish Apps




Luxembourgish In Other Languages



  • Engelmann.uni.lu Luxembourgish grammar (in German and French). the website provides structured information about (nearly) all luxembourgish verbs.
  • Laurenzo541.chez-alice.fr Luxembourgish-French dictionary (6000 words), 51 pages (pdf)
  • Luxdico.wordpress.com - Course, vocabulary & phrases (in French)
  • Infolux.uni.lu - Phonetics (in German)
  • Vdl.lu - Course, texts & audio files (in French)
  • Reseaulux.be Lexique français-luxembourgeois for cross-border workers (2010), 28 pages (pdf)
  • Engelmann.ni.lu Luxemburger Wörterbuch (1950-70)  
  • Engelmann.uni.lu Wörterbuch der luxemburgischen Mundart (1906)
  • Google Books Lexicon der Luxemburger Umgangsprache by J F. Gangler (1847)(mirror 1 and 2)

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