ligge

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German ligan, liggan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną. Cognate with German liegen, Dutch liggen, English lie, Icelandic liggja.

Pronunciation

(Zürich) IPA^(key): /ˈliɡːə/

Verb

ligge (third-person singular simple present liit, past participle ggläge, past subjunctive leeg, auxiliary sii)

to lie (be in horizontal position)
to lie, be (in a place)

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse liggja (“to lie”), from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie down”). Cognate with Old English licgan (modern English lie).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈleɡ̊ə] (due to confusion with the transitive verb lægge (“to lay”), one often hears ligge (“to lie (down)”) pronounced with an open vowel: IPA^(key): [ˈlɛɡ̊ə])

Verb

ligge (past tense lå, past participle ligget)

to lie (be in horizontal position; be placed or situated)
to be (occupy a place)
to stand (e.g. a house)
to sit (a hen brooding)

Conjugation

Inflection of ligge

	present	past
simple	ligger	lå
perfect	har ligget	havde ligget
passive	ligges	—
participle	liggende	ligget
imperative	lig	—
infinitive	ligge	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	liggen	—

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

ligge

(dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of liggen

Anagrams

gelig

German Low German

Verb

ligge

(eastern Low Prussian) Alternative form of liggen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse liggja, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie down”). Cognates include Danish ligge, Swedish ligga, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan), German liegen, Dutch liggen, and English lie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²lɪɡːə/

Verb

ligge (imperative ligg, present tense ligger, passive ligges, simple past lå, past participle ligget, present participle liggende)

(intransitive) to lie (be in a horizontal position)
(intransitive) to be placed or situated
Stockholm ligger i Sverige. ― Stockholm is situated in Sweden.

Synonyms

(to be placed or situated): befinne seg

Derived terms

Related terms

References

“ligge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 460

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

ligge (present tense ligg, past tense låg, past participle lege, passive infinitive liggast, present participle liggande, imperative ligg)

Alternative form of liggja