lægge
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (“to lay, place”), cognate with English lay and German legen. A causative from the verb *ligjaną (“to lie”), cf. Danish ligge. The two verbs are often confused in Danish in the infinitive and the present (and among speakers of Jutlandish in all forms).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lægge (imperative læg, infinitive at lægge, present tense lægger, past tense lagde, perfect tense har lagt)
Conjugation edit
Inflection of lægge
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- ligge (“to lie”)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lægge c
- indefinite plural of læg