liegen

From Middle Dutch liegen, from Old Dutch liegan, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: lie‧gen
• Rhymes: -iɣən

liegen

1. (intransitive) to lie (to tell lies)

• liegbeest
• voorliegen

• leugen
• leugenaar

• Afrikaans: lieg

From Middle High German ligen, from Old High German ligen, from older liggen by generalisation of the stem of the 2nd and 3rd persons singular, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Compare Low German liggen, Dutch liggen, English lie, Danish ligge, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan).

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːɡən/, [ˈliːɡən], [ˈliːɡŋ̍]

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• Hyphenation: lie‧gen

liegen (class 5 strong, third-person singular simple present liegt, past tense lag, past participle gelegen, past subjunctive läge, auxiliary haben or sein)

1. (intransitive) to lie (to be in a horizontal position)
   1. (Switzerland) to lie down
2. (intransitive) to be, to lie somewhere (of flat objects; otherwise use stehen)
3. (intransitive) to be located, to lie somewhere (of countries, towns, houses, etc.)
4. (intransitive) to be, to stand (of indices, measurements)
   • 2012 June 19, Die Welt , page 10:

     Der deutsche Energieverbrauch lag in den ersten drei Monaten des Jahres rund zwei Prozent unter dem Niveau des Vorjahreszeitraumes.

     In the first three months of the year, the German energy consumption was about two percent below the level of the same period last year.

• The commonest auxiliary with liegen is haben: Ich habe gelegen. In northern and central Germany, this form is strongly predominant and in some regions exclusive. In southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, sein is usual in the vernacular and also, alternatively, in standard usage: Ich bin gelegen.

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From Old Dutch liegan, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ-.

liegen

1. (intransitive) to lie (to tell lies)

• Dutch: liegen
• Limburgish: lege

• “lieghen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “liegen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929