daliegen

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdaːliːɡn̩/
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Verb

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daliegen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present liegt da, past tense lag da, past participle dagelegen, past subjunctive läge da, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to lie there
    • 1960, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Gespenster:
      Wir gingen also zurück zu dem Haus Nr. 79, das noch genauso still und tod dalag wie vorher.
      So we went back to the house at number 79, that still lay there as quiet and dead as before.

Usage notes

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Only the auxiliary haben is used in northern and central Germany. In southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, sein is common in the vernacular and also, alternatively, in standard usage.

Conjugation

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