legen

Meaning

(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

Frequency

Hyphenated as

le‧gen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈleːɡən/

Etymology

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 with English

lay

New

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)