Luxembourgish proverbs

Luxembourgish is a Central German language spoken in Luxembourg.

A

 * All Wée fệeren no Rom.
 * English equivalent: All roads lead to Rome.


 * Am Noper sei Gart as gutt kraude goen.
 * English equivalent: Men cut large thongs of other men's leather.


 * An e saueren Apel béiszen.


 * As ěschter gesot ewě gedoen.
 * English equivalent: Easier said than done.


 * As kê ’ Profět a ' sengem Lapt.
 * English equivalent: A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

D

 * D ' Not kennt kê ' Gesetz.
 * English equivalent: Necessity has no law.


 * D Nuocht as kenges Meysche Frept.


 * De Geléenhet mécht den Děf.
 * English equivalent: Opportunity creates the thief.


 * Den alles welt, kritt neischt.
 * English equivalent: Grasp all, lose all.


 * Den Apel fellt nét weit fum Bâm.
 * English equivalent: The apple does not fall far from the tree.


 * Dé sicht, dé fennt.
 * English equivalent: Seek and ye shall find.


 * Drei mol gezuen as halef ferduorwen.
 * English equivalent: Two fittings are as bad as one fire.

E

 * E gutt Gewessen as dật bėscht das Kapkessen.
 * English equivalent: A good conscience is a soft pillow.

H

 * Haut mîr, muorgen dîr.
 * English equivalent: To day thee, to morrow me.

M

 * Muorgesston huot Golt am Monn.
 * English equivalent: An hour in the morning before breakfast, is worth two all the rest of the day.

N

 * No der Dot, Wės allemeņsch Rot.
 * English equivalent: If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

O

 * Ongkrait fergết nét.

T

 * 't As kê Wurem esð klèng trett ên en op de Kapp e réngelt de Schwayz.
 * English equivalent: Tread on a worm and it will turn.


 * 't Gét nêischt esð rèng gestîcht, t' Kemt un d Dâchlîcht.
 * English equivalent: Ever out cometh evel sponne web.


 * t Kann ên den Iesel wuol op d Drèŋk féeren, t Kann ên 't kann iéwel kên en zwangen ze drénken.
 * English equivalent: You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.


 * t Wês ê wuol wât èn huot, iéwel nét wât ê krit.
 * English equivalent: He that leaves certainty and sticks to chance, When fools pipe, he may dance.

W

 * Wan de Wan nét wer, Wer muoncher Biédeler e groszen Her.
 * English equivalent: How many ifs fill a bushel?


 * Wan den Apel zeidéch as da féllt e fum Báin.
 * English equivalentː When the vine is ripe, the fruit will fall.
 * "Let us draw a lesson from nature, which always works by short ways. When the fruit is ripe, it falls."
 * Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: Second Series (1844)


 * Wan d'Nöt am grěsten as, as d ' Helleff am nosten.


 * Wan e fum Wollef schwetzt, dan as en nét wût derfun.
 * English equivalent: Talk of the devil and you ll see his horns.

Z

 * Zefill Kèch fersalzen d' Zopp.
 * English equivalent: Too many cooks spoil the broth.