"leggen" meaning in Dutch

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Verb

IPA: /ˈlɛɣə(n)/ Audio: Nl-leggen.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛɣən Etymology: From Middle Dutch leggen, from Old Dutch leggen, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną. Etymology templates: {{root|nl|ine-pro|*legʰ-}}, {{inh|nl|dum|leggen}} Middle Dutch leggen, {{inh|nl|odt|leggen}} Old Dutch leggen, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*laggjan}} Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*lagjaną}} Proto-Germanic *lagjaną Head templates: {{nl-verb}} leggen Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-wk|leg|legge}} Forms: weak [table-tags], leggen [infinitive], leggen [gerund, neuter], leg [first-person, present, singular], legde [first-person, past, singular], legt [present, second-person, singular], legde [past, second-person, singular], legt [formal, present, second-person, singular], legde [formal, past, second-person, singular], legt [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], legt [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], legde [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], legde [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], legt [present, singular, third-person], legde [past, singular, third-person], leggen [plural, present], legden [past, plural], legge [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], legde [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], leggen [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], legden [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], leg [imperative, present, singular], legt [archaic, imperative, plural, present], leggend [participle, present], gelegd [participle, past]
  1. (transitive) to lay (to place in a lying position) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-leggen-nl-verb-4fkiYEZw Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 23 39 38
  2. (transitive) to lay (eggs) (to produce and deposit eggs) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-leggen-nl-verb-7B74DrSO Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 23 39 38
  3. (Holland, colloquial, proscribed) Alternative form of liggen. Tags: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, proscribed Alternative form of: liggen
    Sense id: en-leggen-nl-verb-jDPzZeRQ Categories (other): Hollandic Dutch, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 23 39 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: liggen
Derived forms: aaneenleggen, aanleggen, achteraanleggen, achterleggen, achteropleggen, achteroverleggen, achteruitleggen, afleggen, beleggen, bijeenleggen, bijleggen, binnenleggen, blootleggen, bovenleggen, buitenleggen, dichtleggen, doodleggen, doorleggen, droogleggen, dwarsleggen, geleggen, gelijkleggen, gereedleggen, gevangenleggen, heenleggen, ineenleggen, inleggen, klaarleggen, kromleggen, kwijtleggen, legbatterij, legpuzzel, losleggen, medeleggen, meeleggen, misleggen, naleggen, nederleggen, neerleggen, omhoogleggen, omlaagleggen, omleggen, omverleggen, onderleggen, ontleggen, opeenleggen, openleggen, opleggen, opzijleggen, overeenleggen, overleggen, platleggen, rechtleggen, rondleggen, samenleggen, schoonleggen, stilleggen, tegenoverleggen, terechtleggen, terugleggen, thuisleggen, toeleggen, tussenleggen, uiteenleggen, uitleggen, vastleggen, verderleggen, verleggen, volleggen, vooraanleggen, voorbijleggen, voorinleggen, voorleggen, vooropleggen, vooroverleggen, voortleggen, vrijleggen, wederleggen, weerleggen, wegleggen

Inflected forms

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      "word": "aaneenleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "aanleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "achteraanleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "achterleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "achteropleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "achteroverleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "achteruitleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "afleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "beleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bijeenleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bijleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "binnenleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "blootleggen"
    },
    {
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      "word": "bovenleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "buitenleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dichtleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "doodleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "doorleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "droogleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dwarsleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "geleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gelijkleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gereedleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gevangenleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "heenleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ineenleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "inleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "klaarleggen"
    },
    {
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      "word": "kromleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "kwijtleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "legbatterij"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "legpuzzel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "losleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "medeleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "meeleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "misleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "naleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "nederleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "neerleggen"
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    {
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      "word": "omhoogleggen"
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    {
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      "word": "omlaagleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "omleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "omverleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "onderleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ontleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "opeenleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "openleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "opleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "opzijleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "overeenleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "overleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "platleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rechtleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rondleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "samenleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "schoonleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "stilleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tegenoverleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "terechtleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "terugleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "thuisleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "toeleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tussenleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "uiteenleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "uitleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vastleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "verderleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "verleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "volleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vooraanleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "voorbijleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "voorinleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "voorleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vooropleggen"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vooroverleggen"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "voortleggen"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vrijleggen"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wederleggen"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "weerleggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wegleggen"
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "lê"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: lê",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: lê"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "brc",
            "2": "lek"
          },
          "expansion": "Berbice Creole Dutch: lek",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Berbice Creole Dutch: lek"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
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          },
          "expansion": "Negerhollands: lee, leggen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: lee, leggen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "skw",
            "2": "lek"
          },
          "expansion": "Skepi Creole Dutch: lek",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Skepi Creole Dutch: lek"
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "leggen"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "leggen"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*laggjan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *laggjan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lagjaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lagjaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch leggen, from Old Dutch leggen, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-conj-wk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "leggen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "leggen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leggen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legden",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legge",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leggen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legden",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leggend",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gelegd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "to lay (to place in a lying position)"
      ],
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        "(transitive) to lay (to place in a lying position)"
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        {
          "english": "This chicken lays her eggs in strange places.",
          "text": "Deze kip legt haar eieren op rare plekken.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to lay (eggs) (to produce and deposit eggs)"
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      "id": "en-leggen-nl-verb-7B74DrSO",
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          "egg"
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        "(transitive) to lay (eggs) (to produce and deposit eggs)"
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        {
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        "(Holland, colloquial, proscribed) Alternative form of liggen."
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛɣə(n)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɣən"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Nl-leggen.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leggen"
}
{
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    "Dutch basic verbs",
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Dutch terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *legʰ-",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Dutch terms with audio links",
    "Dutch verbs",
    "Dutch weak verbs",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛɣən",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛɣən/2 syllables"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "aaneenleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "aanleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "achteraanleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "achterleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "achteropleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "achteroverleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "achteruitleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "afleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "beleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "bijeenleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "bijleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "binnenleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "blootleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "bovenleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "buitenleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "dichtleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "doodleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "doorleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "droogleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "dwarsleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "geleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "gelijkleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "gereedleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "gevangenleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "heenleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "ineenleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "inleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "klaarleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "kromleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "kwijtleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "legbatterij"
    },
    {
      "word": "legpuzzel"
    },
    {
      "word": "losleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "medeleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "meeleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "misleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "naleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "nederleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "neerleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "omhoogleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "omlaagleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "omleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "omverleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "onderleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "ontleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "opeenleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "openleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "opleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "opzijleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "overeenleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "overleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "platleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "rechtleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "rondleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "samenleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "schoonleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "stilleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "tegenoverleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "terechtleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "terugleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "thuisleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "toeleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "tussenleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "uiteenleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "uitleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "vastleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "verderleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "verleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "volleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "vooraanleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "voorbijleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "voorinleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "voorleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "vooropleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "vooroverleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "voortleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "vrijleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "wederleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "weerleggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "wegleggen"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "lê"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: lê",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: lê"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "brc",
            "2": "lek"
          },
          "expansion": "Berbice Creole Dutch: lek",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Berbice Creole Dutch: lek"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
            "2": "lee",
            "3": "leggen"
          },
          "expansion": "Negerhollands: lee, leggen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: lee, leggen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "skw",
            "2": "lek"
          },
          "expansion": "Skepi Creole Dutch: lek",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Skepi Creole Dutch: lek"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*legʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "leggen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch leggen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "leggen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch leggen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*laggjan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *laggjan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lagjaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lagjaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch leggen, from Old Dutch leggen, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-conj-wk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leggen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leggen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leggen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legden",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legge",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leggen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legden",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leggend",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gelegd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "leggen",
      "name": "nl-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "leg‧gen"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "leg",
        "2": "legge"
      },
      "name": "nl-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "liggen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lay (to place in a lying position)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lay",
          "lay"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to lay (to place in a lying position)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with usage examples",
        "Dutch transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This chicken lays her eggs in strange places.",
          "text": "Deze kip legt haar eieren op rare plekken.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lay (eggs) (to produce and deposit eggs)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lay",
          "lay"
        ],
        [
          "egg",
          "egg"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to lay (eggs) (to produce and deposit eggs)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "liggen"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Dutch colloquialisms",
        "Dutch proscribed terms",
        "Hollandic Dutch"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of liggen."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "liggen",
          "liggen#Dutch"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Holland",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Holland, colloquial, proscribed) Alternative form of liggen."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "colloquial",
        "proscribed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛɣə(n)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɣən"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-leggen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/Nl-leggen.ogg/Nl-leggen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Nl-leggen.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leggen"
}

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