lægge

== Danish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Danish læggiæ, læggia, 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 ==== IPA(key): [ˈlɛɡ̊ə] Homophone: lække ==== Verb ==== lægge (imperative læg, infinitive at lægge, present tense lægger, past tense lagde, perfect tense lagt) to lay to put, place to lay (an egg) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ligge (“to lie”) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈlɛːɡ̊ə] ==== Noun ==== lægge c indefinite plural of læg === References === “lægge” in Den Danske Ordbog “lægge” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog