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Central Franconian
- lään (some dialects of Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
From Middle High German legen, from Old High German leggen, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
läje (third-person singular present lät or lääch or läächt, past tense lat or laach, past participle jelat or jelaach or geläächt)
- (most dialects) to put; to lay; to make lie
Wo es dann meng Zeidung? Die hatt ich hee op der Desch jelat.- Where’s my newspaper? I had put it right here on the table.
Usage notes
- The past tense is restricted to Ripuarian. Otherwise the forms lät, lääch; jelat, jelaach are Ripuarian, while läächt; geläächt are Moselle Franconian.