See also: Legen and leğen

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish لگن (leğen, pelvis; large bowl, basin), from Persian لگن (lagan), ultimately derived from Ancient Greek λεκάνη (lekánē).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

legen m (plural legena, definite legeni, definite plural legenat)

  1. basin, washbasin, bowl, bucket
  2. plowshare
  3. (colloquial, derogatory) fool, a laughable person
  4. (anatomy) pelvis
    Synonym: pelvis

Declension edit

References edit

  • “legen”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • legen”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “legen”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 279
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “legén”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 240

Danish edit

Noun edit

legen c

  1. definite singular of leg

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch ledeg, from Proto-Germanic *liþiga, *liþugaz (free, unoccupied).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eːɣən
  • IPA(key): /ˈleːɣə(n)/

Verb edit

legen

  1. to empty

Inflection edit

Inflection of legen (weak)
infinitive legen
past singular leegde
past participle geleegd
infinitive legen
gerund legen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular leeg leegde
2nd person sing. (jij) leegt leegde
2nd person sing. (u) leegt leegde
2nd person sing. (gij) leegt leegde
3rd person singular leegt leegde
plural legen leegden
subjunctive sing.1 lege leegde
subjunctive plur.1 legen leegden
imperative sing. leeg
imperative plur.1 leegt
participles legend geleegd
1) Archaic.

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German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German legen, from Old High German leggen, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną.

Compare English lay, Danish lægge.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈleːɡən/, [ˈleː.ŋ̍]
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: le‧gen

Verb edit

legen (weak, third-person singular present legt, past tense legte, past participle gelegt, auxiliary haben) [+accusative]

  1. (transitive) to lay, to put, to place, to position, so that it afterwards lies as opposed to being gesetzt, gestellt
    Leg deine Sachen auf den Stuhl!
    Put your things on the chair!
    Ich lege mich auf das Bett.
    I lie down on the bed.
    Eier legento lay eggs
    ein Feuer legento set a fire
    Leg dich auf den Boden!Lie down on the floor!
  2. (animal husbandry) to castrate
    Synonyms: verschneiden, geilen, leichten, kastrieren, entmannen
    Ich habe meinen Hengst legen lassen.
    I had my stallion castrated.
  3. (colloquial, especially video games) to slay, to defeat
  4. (colloquial, impersonal) to cause great amusement, to make someone collapse in laughter, to kill, to slay
    Bei dem zweiten Witz hat's ihn komplett gelegt.
    The second joke totally killed him.

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See also edit

Further reading edit

  • legen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • legen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • legen” in Duden online
  • legen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

leg +‎ -en

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛɡɛn]
  • Hyphenation: le‧gen

Noun edit

legen

  1. superessive singular of leg

Lubuagan Kalinga edit

Noun edit

legen

  1. sand

Middle High German edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

legen (class 2 weak, third-person singular present leget, past tense legete, past participle geleget, auxiliary hân)
legen (class 1 weak, third-person singular present leget, past tense lahte or leite, past participle gelaht or geleit, auxiliary hân)

  1. to lay, to put into a horizontal position

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Related terms edit

References edit

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “legen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke[2], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Noun edit

legen m

  1. definite singular of lege

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

legen m

  1. definite singular of lege

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle edit

legen (neuter lege, definite singular and plural legne)

  1. past participle of ligga and liggja

Anagrams edit

Old English edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

leġen

  1. past participle of licgan

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