vorliegen

== German == === Etymology === vor- +‎ liegen === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌliːɡŋ̩], [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌliːɡən] === Verb === vorliegen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present liegt vor, past tense lag vor, past participle vorgelegen, past subjunctive läge vor, auxiliary haben or sein) (intransitive, somewhat formal) to be available (of documentation/information) [with dative ‘for someone's perusal’] to be present, to be the case (of a specific type of situation) im vorliegenden Fall ― in the case at hand ==== Usage notes ==== Only the auxiliary haben is used in northern and central Germany. In southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, sein is common in the vernacular and also, alternatively, in standard usage. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== Vorlage === Further reading === “vorliegen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “vorliegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “vorliegen” in Duden online “vorliegen” in OpenThesaurus.de