Shops and hotels in Luxembourgish
Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. Play the ten Luxembourgish words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Luxembourgish phrases in this lesson
- Hutt Dir...?hut deer
- Do you have...?
- Wou ass...?voo as
- Where is...?
- Opop
- Open
- Zoutsoo
- Closed
- Eng Tasch?eng TASH
- A bag?
- Ze deiertse DAY-er
- Too expensive
- Ech hunn eng Reservatiounesh hun eng re-zer-va-TSYOON
- I have a reservation
- Ass d'Fréistéck abegraff?as DFRAY-shtek A-be-graf
- Is breakfast included?
- Wat ass de Wifi-Passwuert?vat as de VEE-fee PAS-voo-ert
- What's the wifi password?
- Kann ech...?kan esh
- Can I...?
Use this to ask a staff member if something is in stock. Follow it with the item name or simply show a photo on your phone. Most supermarket staff speak English or French as well.
Add the item you are looking for after this phrase. For example, Wou ass d'Mëllech? (Where is the milk?). Staff will usually point you in the right direction even without a common language.
Literally "open". Signs may also be in French: ouvert.
Most shops close on Sunday afternoons.
The cashier may ask you this. Single-use plastic bags cost extra and are being phased out, so bringing your own is common practice. Reusable bags are sold near the checkouts.