liegen
Sentences
Die Ursprünge liegen in der chinesischen Zirkus- und Kampfkunst .
The origins lie in the Chinese circus and martial arts.
Meaning
- (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)
Concepts
Synonyms
gelegen sein
sich ausruhen
hingestreckt sein
auf der Seite liegen
sich ansammeln
sich legen
sich etwas hinlegen
Bett hüten
geeignet sein für
dem Geschmack entsprechen
krank im Bett liegen
sich hinlegen
sich anhäufen
auf dem Rücken liegen
sich befinden
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
liige
St. Gallen
gòòga
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Hyphenated as
lie‧gen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈliːɡən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German ligen, from Old High German ligen, from older liggen by generalisation of the stem of the 2nd and 3rd persons singular, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Compare Low German liggen, Dutch liggen, English lie, Danish ligge, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan).
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