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
Concepts
make use of
put on clothes
put onto
turn to account
pass oneself off
do something in advance
cause to take place
Synonyms
anpflanzen
kleiner werden
geringer werden
in die Waagrechte bringen
Kleider anziehen
sich verstellen lassen
hinstecken
aufeinanderlegen
daraufsetzen
darüberlegen
darübersetzen
einkopieren
hineinlegen
hineintun
hinschütten
hinstreuen
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.
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)
New
gestellt
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past participle of stellen
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