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Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (“to lay, place”), cognate with English lay and German legen. A causative from the verb *ligjaną (“to lie”), cf. Danish ligge. The two verbs are often confused in Danish in the infinitive and the present (and among speakers of Jutlandish in all forms).
Pronunciation
Verb
lægge (imperative læg, infinitive at lægge, present tense lægger, past tense lagde, perfect tense har lagt)
- to lay
- to put, place
- to lay (an egg)
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
lægge c
- indefinite plural of læg