See also: leég

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch leeg.

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  • IPA(key): /lɪəχ/
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leeg (attributive leë, comparative leër, superlative leegste)

  1. empty

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From older ledig, from Middle Dutch lēdich, from Old Dutch *lithig, from Proto-Germanic *liþugaz.

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leeg (comparative leger, superlative leegst)

  1. empty, hollow
    Synonym: laar
    • Jesse Frederik, "Dode liberalen over 'het grote dikke ik', hebzucht en graaiers", Follow the Money, 2 June 2015.
      ‘Ieder die nadenkt over de verhoudingen van den mensch tot het goed der aarde, zal getroffen worden door het feit dat vaak hij die arbeidt, arm is, terwijl hij die ledig door het leven gaat zich baadt in overvloed,’ stelde van der Linden vast.
      "Everyone who thinks about the relations between humanity and material goods, will be struck by the fact that often he who works is poor, while he who leads an empty life wallows in abundance," Van der Linden observed.
    De fles wijn was helaas leeg.Unfortunately, the bottle of wine was empty.
  2. (figuratively) listless, lethargic
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Declension of leeg
uninflected leeg
inflected lege
comparative leger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial leeg leger het leegst
het leegste
indefinite m./f. sing. lege legere leegste
n. sing. leeg leger leegste
plural lege legere leegste
definite lege legere leegste
partitive leegs legers
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Descendants
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  • Negerhollands: leeg
  • Sranan Tongo: leigi

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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leeg

  1. inflection of legen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

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German Low German

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Adjective

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leeg

  1. Alternative spelling of leeg'.

Green Hmong

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (lɑm, green, blue, grue). Historically there was no distinction between green and blue.

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IPA(key): /lẽ˧˩̤/

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leeg

  1. green
  2. blue
  3. grue

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *liqəʀ (cf. Bikol Central liog, Bolinao liey, Cebuano liog, Maguindanao lig, Maranao lig, Tausug liug), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ (cf. Malay leher, Hawaiian leo (voice), Maori reo (voice; language), Tetum lian (voice; language)), from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ (cf. Amis li'el).

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leég (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜁᜄ᜔)

  1. (anatomy) neck
  2. part of a garment that covers or encircles the neck

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Further reading

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  • leeg”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

West Flemish

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch laech, from Old Dutch *lāg, from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (to lie).

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leeg (comparative leger, superlative leegst)

  1. lazy

White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (lɑm, green, blue, grue). Historically there was no distinction between green and blue.

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leeg

  1. green
  2. blue
  3. grue

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