liggen

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: lig‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɪɣən

liggen

1. (intransitive) to lie; to be lying down
2. (intransitive, often of place names) to be, to be placed or located

   Er ligt een hoop rommel op zolder.

   There is a lot of rubbish in the attic.

   Kun je me zeggen waar Geldrop ligt?

   Could you tell me where Geldrop is (located)?

3. (auxiliary, with te) Forms a continuous aspect. Although it carries an implication of lying, this is vague and is not emphasized.

   Je biefstuk ligt daar koud te worden.

   Your steak is (lying) there getting cold.

• (be): staan, zitten, zijn

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

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.

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

   Daor ligt mien hoes an de waterkaante.

   There is my house by the coast.

   Kön i'j mi'j wiezen waor Bersenbrügge ligt?

   Could you tell me where Bersenbrücke is (located)?

3. (intransitive, with te and another verb) Used as an alternative to waen + an 't to form a continuous aspect.

   Jan veel in t water. No ligt ziene klere te dreugen op t grösveld.

   Jan fell in the water. Now his clothes are lying on the lawn to dry.

• ligge

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.

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

   Dor liggt mien Huus an't Waterkant.

   There is my house by the coast.

   Köönt ji mi wiesen wor Bersenbrügge liggt?

   Could you tell me where Bersenbrücke is (located)?

3. (intransitive, with te and another verb) Used as an alternative to wesen + an't to form a continuous aspect.

   Dien Eten liggt dor kold to warren.

   Your food is (lying) there getting cold.

• 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.

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

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)

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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

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

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

liggen

1. to lie
2. to be located

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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

• “liggen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

liggen

1. definite nominative plural of ligg