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erliegen

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German

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Etymology

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er- +‎ liegen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʔɛɐ̯ˈliːɡən], [-ɡŋ̍]
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  • Hyphenation: er‧lie‧gen

Verb

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erliegen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present erliegt, past tense erlag, past participle erlegen, past subjunctive erläge, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to succumb to; to lose out to; to yield to; to fail to withstand [with dative ‘an enemy, a temptation, etc.’]
    Sie erlag nie einer Versuchung.
    She never gave in to temptation.
  2. (intransitive) to be under [with dative ‘a misapprehension, an illusion’]
  3. (intransitive) to die; to succumb to [with dative ‘an illness, a wound’]
    Er erlag seinen Verletzungen.
    He succumbed to his injuries.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • erliegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • erliegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • erliegen” in Duden online
  • erliegen” in OpenThesaurus.de