legge til

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• legga til (a-infinitive)
• leggja til, leggje til (with a-infinitive and either infinitive)

Verb

legge til (present tense legg til, past tense la til, supine lagt til, past participle tillagd, imperative legg til)

1. (transitive) to add, append

   Legg du meg til på Facebook?

   Could you add me on Facebook?

2. (transitive, intransitive, nautical) to moor
3. (ditransitive) to attribute, ascribe (e.g. a characteristic to someone)

   Ganding blir ofte tillagd samar.

   "Ganding" is often ascribed to Samis.

4. (ditransitive) to locate, move to a location (something to a place)

   Staten har lagt Oljedirektoratet til Stavanger.

   The Government has placed The Petroleum Directorate in Stavanger.

Derived terms

• tillegg n

References

• “leggje til” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.