German

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Etymology

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From be- +‎ Lager +‎ -en. Compare English beleaguer, Dutch belegeren, Luxembourgish belageren.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈlaːɡɐn/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧la‧gern

Verb

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belagern (weak, third-person singular present belagert, past tense belagerte, past participle belagert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to besiege

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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