legen.
causative of liegen: to lay; to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it afterwards lies
Meaning & usage
causative of liegen: to lay; to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it afterwards lies
Eier legen
ein Feuer legen
to lie down
Ich lege mich auf das Bett.
Leg dich auf den Boden!
to castrate
Ich habe meinen Hengst legen lassen.
to slay, to defeat
to cause great amusement, to make someone collapse in laughter, to kill, to slay
Bei dem zweiten Witz hat's ihn komplett gelegt.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German legen, from Old High German leggen, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną. Compare English lay, Danish lægge.
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