läje

• lään (some dialects of Moselle Franconian)

From Old High German leggen, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛːjə/

läje (third-person singular present lät or lääch or läächt, past tense lat or laach, past participle jelat or jelaach or geläächt)

1. (most dialects) to put; to lay; to make lie

   Wo es dann meng Zeidung? Die hatt ich hee op der Desch jelat.

   Where’s my newspaper? I had put it right here on the table.

• The past tense is restricted to Ripuarian. Otherwise the forms lät, lääch; jelat, jelaach are Ripuarian, while läächt; geläächt are Moselle Franconian.

• lijje; leie