leggen

From Middle Dutch leggen, from Old Dutch leggen, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną. A causative verb to liggen (“to lie”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: leg‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɛɣən

leggen

1. (transitive) to lay (to place in a lying position)

   Coordinate term: zetten

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

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, leg2	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. 2) In case of inversion.

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

• liggen

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.

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

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.

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

leggen

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

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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

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

leggen m

1. definite singular of legg

leggen m

1. definite singular of legg

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

leggen

1. to lay, to place

• Middle Dutch: leggen
  • Dutch: leggen
    • Afrikaans: lê
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: lek
    • Negerhollands: lee, leggen
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: lek
  • Limburgish: lègke

• “leggen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

leggen

1. definite plural of leg