legen

Signification

(causative,form-of,transitive,weak) causative of liegen: to lay; to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it afterwards lies
(reflexive,weak) to lie down
(weak) to castrate
(colloquial,especially,weak) to slay, to defeat
(colloquial,impersonal,weak) to cause great amusement, to make someone collapse in laughter, to kill, to slay

Fréquence

Coupé comme

le‧gen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈleːɡən/

Étymologie

From Middle High German legen, from Old High German leggen, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną. Compare English lay, Danish lægge.

Associé à anglais

lay

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liegen

(class-5,intransitive,strong) to lie (to be in a horizontal position)
(Switzerland,class-5,intransitive,strong) to lie (to be in a horizontal position)
(class-5,intransitive,strong) to be, to lie somewhere (of flat objects, also of inpatients in a hospital; otherwise use sitzen or stehen)
(class-5,intransitive,strong) to be located, to lie somewhere (of countries, towns, houses, etc.)
(class-5,intransitive,strong) to be, to stand (of indices, measurements)

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