obliegen

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German

Etymology

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  • Hyphenation: ob‧lie‧gen
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Verb

obliegen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present obliegt, past tense oblag, past participle oblegen, past subjunctive obläge, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to be incumbent upon (someone), to be (someone's) responsibility
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer:
      Für ihn [] wäre es wirklich Desertion gewesen, [] Verrat an schweren und erhitzenden, ja seine natürlichen Kräfte übersteigenden, doch abenteuerlich beglückenden Regierungspflichten, denen er hier in der Loge und am blau blühenden Orte oblag.
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  2. (intransitive, dated) to dedicate oneself (to a task)
    Synonym: widmen

Usage notes

  • In obsolete usage, this verb could be conjugated separable (es liegt ihm ob, es hat ihm obgelegen), and the auxiliary was sein.

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Further reading

  • obliegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • obliegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • obliegen” in Duden online
  • obliegen” in OpenThesaurus.de