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ligga.

to lie; be in a horizontal position

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

verb/²lɪɡːa/

  1. to lie; be in a horizontal position

    Hon låg på marken

  2. to lie; to be placed, situated, or located

    Boken ligger på bordet
    Han ligger etta / Han ligger först / Han ligger på första plats

  3. to be enrolled (at a university)

    Han låg i Umeå

  4. to have sex (with)

    colloquial · transitive
    Jag har legat med honom
    Har ni legat?
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish liggia, from Old Norse liggja, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

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