leggen

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛɣə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: leg‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɛɣən

Verb

leggen

  1. (transitive) to lay (to place in a lying position)
  2. (transitive) to lay (eggs) (to produce and deposit eggs)
    Deze kip legt haar eieren op rare plekken.
    This chicken lays her eggs in strange places.
  3. (Holland, colloquial, proscribed) Alternative form of liggen.

Inflection
Inflection of leggen (weak)
infinitive leggen
past singular legde
past participle gelegd
infinitive leggen
gerund leggen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular leglegde
2nd person sing. (jij) legtlegde
2nd person sing. (u) legtlegde
2nd person sing. (gij) legtlegde
3rd person singular legtlegde
plural leggenlegden
subjunctive sing.1 leggelegde
subjunctive plur.1 leggenlegden
imperative sing. leg
imperative plur.1 legt
participles leggendgelegd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: lê
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: lek
  • Negerhollands: lee, leggen
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: lek

See also

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German leggen, from Old Saxon leggian, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, 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.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch leggen, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, 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

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

leggen m

  1. definite singular of legg

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

leggen m

  1. definite singular of legg

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną.

Verb

leggen

  1. to lay, to place

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading
  • “leggen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Swedish

Noun

leggen

  1. definite plural of leg
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