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Yes. The word legge is a Scrabble US word. The word legge is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (1 found)

LEGGE,

4-letter words (2 found)

GLEE,GLEG,

3-letter words (6 found)

EEL,EGG,GEE,GEL,LEE,LEG,

2-letter words (2 found)

EE,EL,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from legge according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of legge

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Definitions and meaning of legge

legge

Noun

legge (plural legges)

  1. Obsolete spelling of leg

Anagrams

  • eggel

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • ligge (Kölsch)
  • lijje (westernmost Ripuarian)
  • liede (northernmost Ripuarian)
  • liere (Siegerland)
  • leide (other Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German līden, from Old High German līdan, from Proto-West Germanic *līþan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleɡə/

Verb

legge (third-person singular present tense legg, past tense lett, past participle jeledde or jelegge)

  1. (most dialects of Ripuarian) to suffer

Derived terms

  • Hongerlegger

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

legge

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of leggen

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s, from *leǵ- (“to gather”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈled.d͡ʒe/
  • Rhymes: -eddʒe
  • Hyphenation: lég‧ge

Noun

legge f (plural leggi)

  1. law
Derived terms
  • leggina
Related terms
  • leale
  • legale
  • legittimo
Descendants
  • → Esperanto: leĝo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛd.d͡ʒe/
  • Rhymes: -ɛddʒe
  • Hyphenation: lèg‧ge

Verb

legge

  1. third-person singular present indicative of leggere

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin lex, legem (“law”).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern) IPA(key): /ˈleːdʒe/, [ˈledʒe]

Noun

legge f (plural leggi)

  1. Alternative form of lege (“law”)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

legge (plural legges)

  1. Alternative form of leg
Descendants
  • English: leg

Etymology 2

Usually considered to be from leggen, a variant of leyen (“to put, lay (down, waste to)”).

Alternative forms

  • ledge, lege

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛdʒ(ə)/

Noun

legge (plural legges)

  2. supporting beam, supporting bar, bracing
Derived terms
  • legement
Descendants
  • English: ledge
  • Yola: lhauch (figurative)
References
  • “leǧǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.

Etymology 3

Noun

legge

  1. Alternative form of lege (“liege”)

Adjective

legge

  1. Alternative form of lege (adjective)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną. Cognates include Danish lægge, Swedish lägga, German legen, Dutch leggen, and English lay. Compare with ligge.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlêɡe/

Verb

legge (present tense legger, past tense la, past participle lagt, passive infinitive legges, present participle leggende, imperative legg)

  1. to lay, put, place

Derived terms

Related terms

  • lag

References

  • “legge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse leggja.

Verb

legge (present tense legg, past tense la, past participle lagt, passive infinitive leggast, present participle leggande, imperative legg)

  1. to lay, put, place
  2. to build, make.
  3. to spread out.

Alternative forms

  • legga
  • leggja, leggje

References

  • “legge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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