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

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /ˈliɡːə/

Verb

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

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

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish liggæ, liggiæ, 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): (standard) [ˈleɡ̊ə], (by confusion with lægge (“lay”) often) [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

Conjugation of ligge

active passive infinitive ligge ligges present ligger ligges past lå — imperative lig — participle present liggende past (have / havde) ligget gerund liggen

References

• “ligge” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “ligge” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

ligge

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

Anagrams

• gelig

Low German

Verb

ligge (eastern Low Prussian)

1. 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

• foreligge
• høyestliggende
• høytliggende
• lavtliggende
• ligge med
• ligge nede
• ligge under
• liggedag
• ligger
• liggesete
• liggestol
• liggesår
• liggetid
• 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