erlegen

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈleːɡŋ̩/, /ɛɐ̯ˈleːɡən/ Hyphenation: er‧le‧gen === Etymology 1 === ==== Participle ==== erlegen past participle of erliegen === Etymology 2 === From Middle High German erleggen, from Old High German arleggen, irleccen, from Proto-Germanic *uzlagjaną. Equivalent to er- +‎ legen. Cognate with English allay. ==== Verb ==== erlegen (weak, third-person singular present erlegt, past tense erlegte, past participle erlegt, auxiliary haben) causative of erliegen: to make succumb (formal) to hunt down (wild game) (euphemistic) to cull (livestock) (regional outside Austria) to pay a sum of money ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Erlag Erlegung === Further reading === “erlegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “erlegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “erlegen” in Duden online “erlegen” in OpenThesaurus.de