vorliegen

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German

Etymology

vor- +‎ liegen

Pronunciation

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Verb

vorliegen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present liegt vor, past tense lag vor, past participle vorgelegen, past subjunctive läge vor, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to be existent, to be there, to be present, to be available (information for inspection)

Usage notes

Only the auxiliary haben is used in northern and central Germany. In southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, sein is common in the vernacular and also, alternatively, in standard usage.

Conjugation

Further reading

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