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

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