lægge
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Danish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (“to lay, place”), cognate with English lay and German legen. A causative from the verb *ligjaną (“to lie”), cf. Danish ligge. The two verbs are often confused in Danish in the infinitive and the present (and among speakers of Jutlandish in all forms).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]lægge (imperative læg, infinitive at lægge, present tense lægger, past tense lagde, perfect tense har lagt)
Conjugation
[edit]Inflection of lægge
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- ligge (“to lie”)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lægge c
- indefinite plural of læg