erliegen

== German == === Etymology === er- +‎ liegen === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʔɛɐ̯ˈliːɡən], [-ɡŋ̍] Hyphenation: er‧lie‧gen === Verb === erliegen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present erliegt, past tense erlag, past participle erlegen, past subjunctive erläge, auxiliary sein) (intransitive) to succumb to; to lose out to; to yield to; to fail to withstand [with dative ‘an enemy, a temptation, etc.’] (intransitive) to be under [with dative ‘a misapprehension, an illusion’] (intransitive) to die; to succumb to [with dative ‘an illness, a wound’] ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “erliegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “erliegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “erliegen” in Duden online “erliegen” in OpenThesaurus.de