liegen.
to lie (to be in a horizontal position)
Meaning & usage
to lie (to be in a horizontal position)
to lie (to be in a horizontal position) to lie down
to be, to lie somewhere (of flat objects, also of inpatients in a hospital; otherwise use sitzen or stehen)
to be located, to lie somewhere (of countries, towns, houses, etc.)
to be, to stand (of indices, measurements)
because of, due to, down to (within the responsibility or influence of; literally, to lie on someone or something)
Woran liegt es, dass er immer wieder scheitert?
Das liegt an seiner Einstellung.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German ligen, from Old High German ligen, from older liggen by generalisation of the stem of the 2nd and 3rd persons singular, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Compare Low German liggen, Dutch liggen, English lie, Danish ligge, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan).
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