umlegen

Meaning

to garnish (to lay something around something, chiefly dishes)

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

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Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as
um‧le‧gen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʊmˌleːɡn̩/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German umbelegen, from Old High German umbileggen, from Proto-West Germanic *umbilaggjan. Equivalent to um- + legen. Cognate to Dutch omleggen.

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