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6-letter words (3 found)

GINGLE,LEGGIN,NIGGLE,

5-letter words (4 found)

GINGE,INGLE,LIGGE,LIGNE,

4-letter words (9 found)

GIEN,GING,GLEG,GLEI,GLEN,LENG,LIEN,LINE,LING,

3-letter words (17 found)

EGG,ENG,GEL,GEN,GIE,GIG,GIN,IGG,ING,LEG,LEI,LIE,LIG,LIN,NEG,NIE,NIL,

2-letter words (6 found)

EL,EN,GI,IN,LI,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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Definitions and meaning of liggen

liggen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch liggen, from Old Dutch liggen, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪɣə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: lig‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɪɣən

Verb

liggen

  1. (intransitive) to lie; to be lying down
  2. (intransitive, often of place names) to be, to be placed or located
  3. (auxiliary, with te) Forms a continuous aspect. Although it carries an implication of lying, this is vague and is not emphasized.

Inflection

Synonyms

  • (be): staan, zitten, zijn

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: lê (merger with leggen)
  • Jersey Dutch: lixxe
  • Negerhollands: lee, lei, lej
  • → Papiamentu: lèg

Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

From Old Saxon liggian, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Compare Dutch liggen, German liegen, West Frisian lizze, English lie, Danish ligge.

Verb

liggen (past singular lag, past participle elaegen, auxiliary verb waen or hebben)

  1. (intransitive) to lie; to be lying down
  2. (intransitive, often of place names) to be, to be placed or located
  3. (intransitive, with te and another verb) Used as an alternative to waen + an 't to form a continuous aspect.

German Low German

Alternative forms

  • ligge

Etymology

From Old Saxon liggian, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

Compare Dutch liggen, German liegen, West Frisian lizze, English lie, Danish ligge.

Verb

liggen (past singular leeg, past participle legen, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (intransitive) to lie; to be lying down
  2. (intransitive, often of place names) to be, to be placed or located
  3. (intransitive, with te and another verb) Used as an alternative to wesen + an't to form a continuous aspect.

Usage notes

  • The grammar given is for a Northern Low Saxon dialect that merges all close-mid and mid-open vowels and elides syllable-final schwa. As such it is lacking distinctions that are grammatical in other dialects.

Conjugation

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch liggen, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

Verb

liggen

  1. to lie, be lying horizontal
  2. to lie, to have been placed
  3. to be located, to be present
  4. to live (in a place)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: liggen
    • Afrikaans: lê (merger with leggen)
    • Jersey Dutch: lixxe
    • Negerhollands: lee, lei, lej
    • → Papiamentu: lèg
  • Limburgish: ligke

Further reading

  • “licghen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “liggen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną.

Verb

liggen

  1. to lie
  2. to be located

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: liggen
    • Dutch: liggen
      • Afrikaans: lê (merger with leggen)
      • Jersey Dutch: lixxe
      • Negerhollands: lee, lei, lej
      • → Papiamentu: lèg
    • Limburgish: ligke

Further reading

  • “liggen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Swedish

Noun

liggen

  1. definite nominative plural of ligg

Source: wiktionary.org