legen
German (Berlin)
/ˈleː.ŋ̩/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (transitive) to lay, to put, to place, to position, so that it afterwands lies as opposed to being setzen (gesetzt), stellen (gestellt)
- (animal husbandry) to castrate
- (colloquial) to slay, to defeat
- (colloquial) to cause great amusement, to make someone collapse in laughter, to kill, to slay
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German legen inherited from Old High German leggen inherited from *laggjan (place) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (lay, place).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*lagjaną
Gloss
lay, place
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allay English
- belay English
- flatlay English
- forelay English
- forlay English
- inlay English
- interlay English
- lay English
- lay down English
- lay judge English
- lay out English
- layabout English
- layback English
- layer English
- layest English
- layeth English
- layflat English
- layland English
- layless English
- layman English
- layout English
- layover English
- layperson English
- layshaft English
- layship English
- laystall English
- laytime English
- layup English
- laywoman English
- mislay English
- offlay English
- onlay English
- outlay English
- overlay English
- pipelay English
- prelay English
- re-lay English
- underlay English
- unlay English
- uplay English
- waylay English
- Ausleger German
- Beilegung German
- Darlegung German
- Grund German
- Grundlegung German
- Vorleger German
- Widerlegung German
- ablegen German
- anlegen German
- auflegen German
- auslegen German
- be German
- beilegen German
- beiseite German
- beiseitelegen German
- belegbar German
- belegen German
- darlegen German
- ein German
- einlegen German
- flach German
- flachlegen German
- fortlegen German
- hereinlegen German
- hinlegen German
- hintanlegen German
- hinterlegen German
- klar German
- klarlegen German
- loslegen German
- offen German
- offenlegen German
- reinlegen German
- umlegen German
- unterlegen German
- vorlegen German
- weglegen German
- widerlegbar German
- widerlegen German
- zerlegen German
- zu German
- zulegen German
- zurücklegen German
- Überlegenheit German
- Überlegung German
- überlegen German
- überlegenswert German
- *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *leh₁d- Proto-Indo-European
- bøtelegge Norwegian Bokmål
- fargelegge Norwegian Bokmål
- fastlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- forelegge Norwegian Bokmål
- forlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- framlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- gravlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- grunnlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- ilegge Norwegian Bokmål
- innlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- islagt Norwegian Bokmål
- kartlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- legge Norwegian Bokmål
- leggetid Norwegian Bokmål
- nedlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- planlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- pålegge Norwegian Bokmål
- skattlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- skrinlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- tilbakelegge Norwegian Bokmål
- tillegge Norwegian Bokmål
- tilrettelegge Norwegian Bokmål
- tørrlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- vektlegging Norwegian Bokmål
- ødelegge Norwegian Bokmål
- *analagjaną Proto-Germanic
- *lagjaną Proto-Germanic
- *laibijaną Proto-Germanic
- *ligjaną Proto-Germanic
- lecgan Old English
- leċġan Old English
- layen Middle English
- leggja Old Norse
- belægge Danish
- blotlægge Danish
- forelægge Danish
- forlægge Danish
- lægge Danish
- lægge øde Danish
- overlægge Danish
- planlægge Danish
- pålægge Danish
- ødelægge Danish
- legen Old High German
- leggen Old High German
- abelegen Middle High German
- legen Middle High German
- aleeën Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ausleeën Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- beleeën Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- bäileeën Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- draleeën Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- dropleeën Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- duerleeën Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- eraleeën Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- leeën Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ofleeën Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- uleeën Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ëmleeën Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ënnerleeën Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *laggjan gmw-pro
- leggen Old Dutch
- *laittadak Proto-Finnic
- leggen Middle Low German
- leng Cimbrian
- leggian Old Saxon
- ledza Old Frisian
- lidza Old Frisian
- leggen Low German
- tohoopleggen Low German
- läje Central Franconian
- zu
- be
- ein
- klar
- flach
- offen
- Grund
- ablegen
- belegen
- umlegen
- zulegen
- anlegen
- weglegen
- Vorleger
- auslegen
- beilegen
- beiseite
- vorlegen
- belegbar
- loslegen
- auflegen
- zerlegen
- hinlegen
- darlegen
- Ausleger
- einlegen
- reinlegen
- überlegen
- klarlegen
- Beilegung
- fortlegen
- Darlegung
- widerlegen
- flachlegen
- offenlegen
- unterlegen
- Überlegung
- zurücklegen
- hereinlegen
- hintanlegen
- hinterlegen
- widerlegbar
- Widerlegung
- Grundlegung
- beiseitelegen
- Überlegenheit
- überlegenswert