leggen

Dutch

Etymology

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From Middle Dutch leggen, from Old Dutch leggen, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: leg‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɛɣən
• Rhymes: -ɛɣən

Verb

leggen

1. (transitive) to lay
2. (Holland, colloquial, proscribed) Alternative form of liggen.

Inflection

Conjugation of leggen (weak)
infinitive	leggen
past singular	legde
past participle	gelegd
infinitive	leggen
gerund	leggen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	leg	legde
2nd person sing. (jij)	legt	legde
2nd person sing. (u)	legt	legde
2nd person sing. (gij)	legt	legde
3rd person singular	legt	legde
plural	leggen	legden
subjunctive sing.1	legge	legde
subjunctive plur.1	leggen	legden
imperative sing.	leg
imperative plur.1	legt
participles	leggend	gelegd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• nabijgelegen
• aanleggen
• afleggen
• beleggen
• blootleggen
• droogleggen
• inleggen
• neerleggen
• opleggen
• uitleggen
• vastleggen
• verleggen

See also

• liggen

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Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German leggen, from Old Saxon leggian, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną. Compare Dutch leggen, German legen, English lay, Danish lægge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ŋ/, /ˈlɛɣ(ː)ən/, /ˈlɛɡ(ː)ən/, /ˈleɣ(ː)ən/

Verb

leggen (past singular legg or leed, past participle leggt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to lay

   He leed en Hand op mien Schuller.

   He laid his hand on my shoulder.

Conjugation

Conjugation of leggen (weak verb, irregular)

infinitive	leggen
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	legg	legg, leed
2nd person singular	leggst	leggst, leedst
3rd person singular	leggt	legg, leed
plural	leggt	leggen, leden
imperative	present	—
singular	legg
plural	leggt
participle	present	past
	leggen	leggt
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch leggen, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną.

Verb

leggen

1. to lay (down), to place
2. to lay (eggs)
3. to build, to make
4. to station (armies)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: leggen
• Limburgish: lègke

Further reading

• “leggen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “leggen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

leggen m

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of legg

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

leggen m

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of legg

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lagjaną.

Verb

leggen

1. to lay, to place

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: leggen
  • Dutch: leggen
  • Limburgish: lègke

Further reading

• “leggen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Swedish

Noun

leggen

1. (deprecated template usage) definite plural of leg