verlegen

Betekenis (Engels)

1. shy, bashful, timid
2. embarrassed
3. lacking, having a shortage
4. (obsolete) spoiled, rotten

Koppelteken as

ver‧le‧gen

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/vərˈleːɣə(n)/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle Dutch verleghen (“weakened, spoilt”), past participle of Middle Dutch verliggen (“to lie wrong, be stuck, whither away”). By surface analysis, ver- + liggen.

Sinne

Het kleine kindje was verlegen en kroop weg achter de benen van haar moeder .

The little child was shy and crawled away behind her mother's legs.