erlegen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈleːɡŋ̩/, /ɛɐ̯ˈleːɡən/
  • Hyphenation: er‧le‧gen
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Etymology 1

Verb

erlegen

  1. past participle of erliegen

Etymology 2

From Middle High German erleggen, from Old High German arleggen, irleccen, from Proto-Germanic *uzlagjaną. Equivalent to er- + legen.

Verb

erlegen (third-person singular simple present erlegt, past tense erlegte, past participle erlegt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (causative) to make erliegen, to make succumb
  2. to hunt down (wild game)
  3. (euphemistic) to cull (livestock)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • Erlegung
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