legen

From Ottoman Turkish لكن (leğen, “pelvis; large bowl, basin”), from Persian لگن (lagan), ultimately derived from Ancient Greek λεκάνη (lekánē).

• IPA^(key): /leˈɡen/
• Rhymes: -en

legen m (plural legena, definite legeni, definite plural legenat)

1. basin, washbasin, bowl, bucket
2. plowshare
3. (colloquial, derogatory) fool, a laughable person
4. (anatomy) pelvis

   Synonym: pelvis

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “legen”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “legen”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 279
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “legén”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 240

legen c

1. definite singular of leg

• ledigen

From earlier ledigen, from Middle Dutch ledigen, from Old Dutch *lithigon, from Proto-West Germanic *liþīgōn. By surface analysis, leeg +‎ -en.

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• Rhymes: -eːɣən
• IPA^(key): /ˈleːɣə(n)/

legen

1. to empty

   Synonyms: leegmaken, lichten

• engel

From Middle High German legen, from Old High German leggen, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną.

Compare English lay, Danish lægge.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːɡən/, [ˈleː.ŋ̍]

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• Hyphenation: le‧gen

legen (weak, third-person singular present legt, past tense legte, past participle gelegt, auxiliary haben) [with accusative]

1. (transitive) causative of liegen: to lay; to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it afterwards lies

   Coordinate terms: setzen, stellen

   Eier legen ― to lay eggs

   ein Feuer legen ― to set a fire

   Leg deine Sachen auf den Stuhl! ― Put your things on the chair!

2. (reflexive) to lie down

   Ich lege mich auf das Bett. ― I lie down on the bed.

   Leg dich auf den Boden! ― Lie down on the floor!

3. (animal husbandry) to castrate

   Synonyms: verschneiden, geilen, leichten, kastrieren, entmannen

   Ich habe meinen Hengst legen lassen. ― I had my stallion castrated.

4. (colloquial, especially video games) to slay, to defeat
5. (colloquial, impersonal) to cause great amusement, to make someone collapse in laughter, to kill, to slay

   Bei dem zweiten Witz hat's ihn komplett gelegt. ― The second joke totally killed him.

• liegen

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

leg +‎ -en

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛɡɛn]
• Hyphenation: le‧gen

legen

1. superessive singular of leg

legen

1. sand

Inherited from Old High German legen, leggen, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną.

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈleɡən/

legen (class 2 weak, third-person singular present leget, past tense legete, past participle geleget, auxiliary hān)
legen (class 1 weak, third-person singular present leget, past tense lahte or leite, past participle gelaht or geleit, auxiliary hān)

1. to lay, to put into a horizontal position

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “legen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

legen m

1. definite singular of lege

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

legen m

1. definite singular of lege

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

legen (neuter lege, definite singular and plural legne)

1. past participle of ligga and liggja

• eglen, elgen, legne, negle

• IPA^(key): /ˈlejen/

leġen

1. past participle of licgan

• ġeleġen