legen

Betekenis

(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

Frequentie

Met koppelteken als

le‧gen

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈleːɡən/

Etymologie

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

Cognate met Engels

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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