The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Luxembourgish language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.
| English | Luxembourgish |
| I | ech |
| you (singular) thou (archaic) | du |
| he | hien |
| we | mir |
| you (plural) | dir |
| they | si |
| this | dëst |
| that | dat |
| here | hei |
| there | do |
| who | wien |
| what | wat |
| where | wou |
| when | wéini |
| how | wéi |
| not | net |
| all | all |
| many (fele) | vill |
| some | puer, e puer |
| few | wéineg |
| other | aner |
| one | een |
| two | zwee |
| three | dräi |
| four | véier |
| five | fënnef |
| big, (great) | grouss |
| long | laang |
| wide (broad) | breet |
| thick | déck |
| heavy | schwéier |
| small (little) | kleng |
| short | kuerz |
| narrow | schmuel |
| thin | dënn |
| woman | Fra |
| man (adult male) | Mann |
| man (human being) | Mënsch |
| child (a youth) | Kand |
| wife | Fra |
| husband | Mann |
| mother | Mamm |
| father | Papp |
| animal (beast) | Déier |
| fish | Fësch |
| bird (fowl) | Vull |
| dog (hound) | Hond, Mupp |
| louse | Laus |
| snake | Schlaang |
| worm | Wuerm |
| tree (beam) | Bam |
| forest | Bësch |
| stick (of wood) | Bengel |
| fruit | Fruucht |
| seed | Som |
| leaf (blade) | Blat |
| root | Wuerzel |
| bark (of tree) | Schuel |
| flower | Blumm |
| grass | Gras |
| rope | Seel |
| skin (hide) | Haut |
| meat (as in flesh) | Fleesch |
| blood | Blutt |
| bone | Schank |
| fat (noun) | Fett |
| egg | Ee |
| horn | Har |
| tail | Schwanz |
| feather (rather not down) | Fieder, Plomm |
| hair | Hoer |
| head | Kapp |
| ear | Ouer |
| eye | A |
| nose | Nues |
| mouth | Mond |
| tooth (rather not molar) | Zant |
| tongue | Zong |
| fingernail | Nol, (Fangernol) |
| foot | Fouss |
| leg | Been |
| knee | Knéi |
| hand | Hand |
| wing | Flillek |
| belly | Bauch |
| guts | Träipen |
| neck | Hals |
| back (ridge) | Réck |
| breast | Broscht |
| heart | Häerz |
| liver | Liewer |
| to drink | drénken |
| to eat | iessen |
| to bite | bäissen |
| to suck | suckelen |
| to spit | späitzen |
| to vomit | katzen |
| to blow (as wind) | blosen |
| to breathe | otmen |
| to laugh | laachen |
| to see | gesin, kucken |
| to hear | héieren |
| to know | wëssen |
| to think | denken |
| to smell (sense odor) | richen |
| to fear | fäerten |
| to sleep | schlofen |
| to live | liewen |
| to die | stierwen |
| to kill | doud maachen |
| to fight (physically) | streiden |
| to hunt (transitive) | joen |
| to hit | schloen |
| to cut | schneiden |
| to split | deelen |
| to stab (or stick) | stiechen |
| to scratch (an itch) | krazen |
| to dig | buddelen |
| to swim | schwammen |
| to fly | fléien |
| to walk | goen |
| to come | kommen |
| to lie (as on one's side) | leien |
| to sit | sëtzen |
| to stand | stoen |
| to turn (change direction) | dréinen |
| to fall (as in drop) | falen |
| to give | gin |
| to hold (in one's hand) | halen |
| to squeeze | drécken |
| to rub | reiwen |
| to wash | wäschen |
| to wipe | wëschen |
| to pull (drag) | zéien |
| to push | drécken |
| to throw (cast) | schéissen |
| to tie (bind) | bannen |
| to sew | bitzen |
| to count | zielen |
| to say | soen |
| to sing | sangen |
| to play | spillen |
| to float | schwiewen (air), schwammen (water) |
| to flow | fléissen |
| to freeze | fréieren |
| to swell | schwëllen |
| sun | Sonn |
| moon | Mound |
| star | Stär |
| water | Waasser |
| to rain | Reen |
| river | Floss |
| lake | Séi |
| sea (as in ocean) | Mier |
| salt | Salz |
| stone | Steen |
| sand | Sand |
| dust | Stëbs |
| earth (as in soil) | Buedem |
| cloud | Wollek |
| fog | Niwwel |
| sky | Himmel |
| wind (as in breeze) | Wand, Loft |
| snow | Schnéi |
| ice | Äis |
| smoke | Damp |
| fire | Feier |
| ash | Äschen |
| to burn (intransitive) | brennen |
| road | Strooss |
| mountain | Bierg |
| red | rout |
| green | gréng |
| yellow | giel |
| white | wäiss |
| black (swart) | schwaarz |
| night | Nuecht |
| day (daytime) | Dag |
| year | Joer |
| warm (as in weather) | waarm |
| cold (as in weather) | kal |
| full | foll |
| new | nei |
| old | al |
| good | gutt |
| bad | schlecht |
| rotten (as a log) | faul |
| dirty | knaschteg, dreckeg |
| straight | riicht |
| round | ronn |
| sharp (as a knife) | schaarf |
| dull (as a knife) | stomp |
| smooth | glat |
| wet | naass |
| dry (adjective) | dréchen |
| correct | richteg |
| near | nobäi |
| far | wäit, wäit ewech |
| right (side) | riets |
| left (side) | lénks |
| at | an, bei, dran, op |
| in | an, dran |
| with | mat |
| and | an |
| if | wann |
| because | well |
| name | Numm |