ligge

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German ligan, liggan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną. Cognate with German liegen, Dutch liggen, English lie, Icelandic liggja.

Pronunciation

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /ˈliɡːə/

Verb

ligge (third-person singular simple present liit, past participle ggläge, past subjunctive leeg, auxiliary sii)

1. to lie (be in horizontal position)
2. to lie, be (in a place)

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse liggja (“to lie”), from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie down”). Cognate with Old English licgan (modern English lie).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈleɡ̊ə] (due to confusion with the transitive verb lægge (“to lay”), one often hears ligge (“to lie (down)”) pronounced with an open vowel: IPA^(key): [ˈlɛɡ̊ə])

Verb

ligge (past tense lå, past participle ligget)

1. to lie (be in horizontal position; be placed or situated)
2. to be (occupy a place)
3. to stand (e.g. a house)
4. to sit (a hen brooding)

Conjugation

Inflection of ligge

	present	past
simple	ligger	lå
perfect	har ligget	havde ligget
passive	ligges	—
participle	liggende	ligget
imperative	lig	—
infinitive	ligge	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	liggen	—

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

ligge

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of liggen

Anagrams

• gelig

German Low German

Verb

ligge

1. (eastern Low Prussian) Alternative form of liggen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse liggja, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie down”). Cognates include Danish ligge, Swedish ligga, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan), German liegen, Dutch liggen, and English lie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²lɪɡːə/

Verb

ligge (imperative ligg, present tense ligger, passive ligges, simple past lå, past participle ligget, present participle liggende)

1. (intransitive) to lie (be in a horizontal position)
2. (intransitive) to be placed or situated

   Stockholm ligger i Sverige. ― Stockholm is situated in Sweden.

Synonyms

• (to be placed or situated): befinne seg

Derived terms

Terms derived from ligge

• foreligge
• høyestliggende
• høytliggende
• lavtliggende
• liggedag
• ligge med

• ligge nede
• ligger
• liggesete
• liggestol
• liggesår
• liggetid

• ligge under
• liggevogn
• nærliggende
• overliggende
• underliggende

Related terms

• lag
• legge
• leie

References

• “ligge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• Falk, Hjalmar; Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 460

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

ligge (present tense ligg, past tense låg, past participle lege, passive infinitive liggast, present participle liggande, imperative ligg)

1. Alternative form of liggja