Quiz: Do you say « Schmuebel » or « Schmuelef »?

Are you more « looking » or « Schlësselblumm »? Does the last piece of bread be called « Kuuscht » or « Bootsch »? The Luxembourg language is a real mosaic of regional words, traditions and pronouncements – and that is exactly what makes it so exciting! But many variants that were still familiar around 1900 have also disappeared today.

Test your knowledge in our quiz!

How did Luxembourgers and Luxembourgers speak around 1900? What variants for a term from everyday life or nature, a common verb or adjective were there? What words did people use for what they used every day – from butter barrel to the braces?

This was compiled by the historian and linguist Alain together with geographer Claude Schmit in an Atlas, the Volume 2 of his « Lëtzebuerger Sproochatlas 1900 », who has just come out. The publisher are the Zenter Fir d’lëtzebuerger Sprooch and the Institute Grand-Ducal-Section Linguistique, Ethnology et OnomaTique. The Atlas costs 75 euros and is available in all bookstores.