lægge

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Danish

Etymology 1

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

Verb

lægge (imperative læg, infinitive at lægge, present tense lægger, past tense lagde, perfect tense har lagt)

  1. to lay
  2. to put, place
  3. to lay (an egg)
Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

lægge c

  1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of læg