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Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German ligan, liggan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną. Cognate with German liegen, Dutch liggen, English lie, Icelandic liggja.
Pronunciation
Verb
ligge (third-person singular simple present liit, past participle ggläge, past subjunctive leeg, auxiliary sii)
- to lie (be in horizontal position)
- to lie, be (in a place)
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse liggja (“to lie”), from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie down”). Cognate with Old English licgan (modern English lie).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (due to confusion with the transitive verb lægge (“to lay”), one often hears ligge (“to lie (down)”) pronounced with an open vowel: IPA(key): )
Verb
ligge (past tense lå, past participle ligget)
- to lie (be in horizontal position; be placed or situated)
- to be (occupy a place)
- to stand (e.g. a house)
- to sit (a hen brooding)
Conjugation
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
ligge
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of liggen
Anagrams
German Low German
Verb
ligge
- (eastern Low Prussian) Alternative form of liggen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse liggja, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie down”). Cognates include Danish ligge, Swedish ligga, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan), German liegen, Dutch liggen, and English lie.
Pronunciation
Verb
ligge (imperative ligg, present tense ligger, passive ligges, simple past lå, past participle ligget, present participle liggende)
- (intransitive) to lie (be in a horizontal position)
- (intransitive) to be placed or situated
- Stockholm ligger i Sverige. ― Stockholm is situated in Sweden.
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References
- “ligge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 460
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
ligge (present tense ligg, past tense låg, past participle lege, passive infinitive liggast, present participle liggande, imperative ligg)
- Alternative form of liggja