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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch liggen, from Old Dutch liggen, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪɣə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: lig‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɪɣən

Verb

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liggen

  1. (intransitive) to lie; to be lying down
  2. (intransitive, often of place names) to be, to be placed or located
    Er ligt een hoop rommel op zolder.There is a lot of rubbish in the attic.
    Kun je me zeggen waar Geldrop ligt?Could you tell me where Geldrop is (located)?
  3. (auxiliary, with te) Forms a continuous aspect.
    Je biefstuk ligt daar koud te worden.Your steak is (lying) there getting cold.
  4. (transitive) to be one's thing; to suit
    Piano spelen ligt me niet.Playing the piano is not my thing.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of liggen (strong class 5)
infinitive liggen
past singular lag
past participle gelegen
infinitive liggen
gerund liggen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular lig lag
2nd person sing. (jij) ligt, lig2 lag
2nd person sing. (u) ligt lag
2nd person sing. (gij) ligt laagt
3rd person singular ligt lag
plural liggen lagen
subjunctive sing.1 ligge lage
subjunctive plur.1 liggen lagen
imperative sing. lig
imperative plur.1 ligt
participles liggend gelegen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: (merger with leggen)
  • Jersey Dutch: lixxe
  • Negerhollands: lee, lei, lej
  • Papiamentu: lèg

Dutch Low Saxon

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Etymology

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From Old Saxon liggian, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Compare Dutch liggen, German liegen, West Frisian lizze, English lie, Danish ligge.

Verb

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liggen (past singular lag, past participle elaegen, auxiliary verb waen or hebben)

  1. (intransitive) to lie; to be lying down
  2. (intransitive, often of place names) to be, to be placed or located
    Daor ligt mien hoes an de waterkaante.
    There is my house by the coast.
    Kön i'j mi'j wiezen waor Bersenbrügge ligt?
    Could you tell me where Bersenbrücke is (located)?
  3. (intransitive, with te and another verb) Used as an alternative to waen + an 't to form a continuous aspect.
    Jan veel in t water. No ligt ziene klere te dreugen op t grösveld.
    Jan fell in the water. Now his clothes are lying on the lawn to dry.

German Low German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Saxon liggian, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

Compare Dutch liggen, German liegen, West Frisian lizze, English lie, Danish ligge.

Verb

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liggen (past singular leeg, past participle legen, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (intransitive) to lie; to be lying down
  2. (intransitive, often of place names) to be, to be placed or located
    Dor liggt mien Huus an't Waterkant.
    There is my house by the coast.
    Köönt ji mi wiesen wor Bersenbrügge liggt?
    Could you tell me where Bersenbrücke is (located)?
  3. (intransitive, with te and another verb) Used as an alternative to wesen + an't to form a continuous aspect.
    Dien Eten liggt dor kold to warren.
    Your food is (lying) there getting cold.

Usage notes

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  • The grammar given is for a Northern Low Saxon dialect that merges all close-mid and mid-open vowels and elides syllable-final schwa. As such it is lacking distinctions that are grammatical in other dialects.

Conjugation

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch liggen, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

Verb

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liggen

  1. to lie, be lying horizontal
  2. to lie, to have been placed
  3. to be located, to be present
  4. to live (in a place)

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną.

Verb

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liggen

  1. to lie
  2. to be located

Inflection

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Further reading

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  • liggen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Swedish

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Noun

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liggen

  1. definite nominative plural of ligg