förlägga

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Swedish

Etymology

för- +‎ lägga, like German verlegen

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -¹ɛɡa

Verb

förlägga (present förlägger, preterite förlade, supine förlagt, imperative förlägg)

  1. to misplace, to mislay (to leave something in the wrong place and then forget where one put it)
    Jag måste ha förlagt min bok. Har du sett den?
    I must have misplaced my book. Have you seen it?
  2. to place (troops, an industry in a town, a meeting in place and time, or the like), to move, to relocate, to quarter, to transfer
    Det nya tryckeriet har förlagts till Eskilstuna
    The new printing company has been placed in Eskilstuna
    Svenska husarregementet förlades i Sveriges tyska provinser
    The Swedish cavalry regiment was quartered in Sweden's German provinces
    Södermanland fick sin förste biskop på 1140-talet och Närke förlades till stiftet 1165
    Södermanland got its first bishop in the 1140s and Närke was transferred to (incorporated with) the see in 1165.
    Han förlägger den grekiska kulturens tyngdpunkt till den försokratiska tiden
    He places the Greek culture's culmination to the Presocratic era
  3. to place an investment, to invest in (see förlag)
  4. to publish; to act as a publisher (especially of books, i.e. to invest in book publishing)

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