lægge
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Danish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (“to lay, place”), cognate with English lay and German legen. A causative from the verb *ligjaną (“to lie”), cf. Danish ligge. The two verbs are often confused in Danish in the infinitive and the present (and among speakers of Jutlandish in all forms).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
lægge (imperative læg, infinitive at lægge, present tense lægger, past tense lagde, perfect tense har lagt)
Conjugation[edit]
Inflection of lægge
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- ligge (“to lie”)
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lægge c
- indefinite plural of læg