"ligga" meaning in Swedish

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Verb

Audio: Sv-ligga.ogg
Etymology: From Old Swedish liggia, from Old Norse liggja, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Etymology templates: {{root|sv|ine-pro|*legʰ-}}, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|liggia}} Old Swedish liggia, {{inh|sv|non|liggja}} Old Norse liggja, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*ligjaną}} Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*legʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Head templates: {{head|sv|verb|present|ligger|preterite|låg|supine|legat|imperative|ligg|head=ligga}} ligga (present ligger, preterite låg, supine legat, imperative ligg) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-st|ligg|låg|leg|class=5|nopp=1|sup=legat}} Forms: ligger [present], låg [preterite], legat [supine], ligg [imperative], strong [table-tags], ligga [active, infinitive], liggas [infinitive, passive], legat [active, supine], legats [passive, supine], ligg [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], liggen [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], ligger [active, indicative, present], låg [active, indicative, past], liggs [indicative, passive, present], ligges [indicative, passive, present], lågs [indicative, passive, past], ligga [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], lågo [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], liggas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], lågos [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], ligge [active, dated, present, subjunctive], låge [active, dated, past, subjunctive], ligges [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], låges [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], liggande [participle, present], - [participle, past]
  1. to lie; be in a horizontal position
    Sense id: en-ligga-sv-verb-wx1fidxK Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 17 40 8 35
  2. to lie; to be placed, situated, or located
    Sense id: en-ligga-sv-verb-2fDHVzVc Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 17 40 8 35
  3. to be enrolled (at a university)
    Sense id: en-ligga-sv-verb-GveIboBL
  4. (colloquial, transitively with med (“with”)) to have sex (with) Tags: colloquial, transitive
    Sense id: en-ligga-sv-verb-G2H72KDp Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 17 40 8 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lagt kort ligger, ligg, ligga bakom (english: be behind), ligga i lä, ligga lågt, ligga med, ligga runt (english: sleep around), ligga över, lägga

Inflected forms

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      "word": "lagt kort ligger"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ligg"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "be behind",
      "word": "ligga bakom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ligga i lä"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ligga lågt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ligga med"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sleep around",
      "word": "ligga runt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ligga över"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    },
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      "form": "ligga",
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      "form": "legats",
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    },
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    },
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      "form": "låg",
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          "english": "She was lying on the ground",
          "text": "Hon låg på marken",
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        "to lie; be in a horizontal position"
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        {
          "english": "The book is lying on the table",
          "text": "Boken ligger på bordet",
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        },
        {
          "english": "He's in first place",
          "text": "Han ligger etta / Han ligger först / Han ligger på första plats",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Visby ligger på Gotland\nVisby is located on Gotland (an island)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The village is five kilometers from here",
          "text": "Byn ligger fem kilometer härifrån",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "to lie; to be placed, situated, or located"
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        {
          "text": "Han låg i Umeå\nHe studied (at the university) in Umeå",
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        {
          "english": "I have had sex with him",
          "text": "Jag har legat med honom",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Have you had sex?",
          "text": "Har ni legat?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Did you score?",
          "text": "Fick du ligga?",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "(colloquial, transitively with med (“with”)) to have sex (with)",
        "to have sex (with)"
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    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Swedish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *legʰ-",
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    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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    {
      "word": "lagt kort ligger"
    },
    {
      "word": "ligg"
    },
    {
      "english": "be behind",
      "word": "ligga bakom"
    },
    {
      "word": "ligga i lä"
    },
    {
      "word": "ligga lågt"
    },
    {
      "word": "ligga med"
    },
    {
      "english": "sleep around",
      "word": "ligga runt"
    },
    {
      "word": "ligga över"
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    {
      "word": "lägga"
    }
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        "past",
        "subjunctive"
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        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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        "past",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "liggande",
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      "form": "-",
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        {
          "english": "The book is lying on the table",
          "text": "Boken ligger på bordet",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He's in first place",
          "text": "Han ligger etta / Han ligger först / Han ligger på första plats",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Visby ligger på Gotland\nVisby is located on Gotland (an island)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The village is five kilometers from here",
          "text": "Byn ligger fem kilometer härifrån",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lie; to be placed, situated, or located"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Han låg i Umeå\nHe studied (at the university) in Umeå",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be enrolled (at a university)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enrolled",
          "enrolled"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish colloquialisms",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I have had sex with him",
          "text": "Jag har legat med honom",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Have you had sex?",
          "text": "Har ni legat?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Did you score?",
          "text": "Fick du ligga?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(colloquial, transitively with med (“with”)) to have sex (with)",
        "to have sex (with)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "med",
          "med#Swedish"
        ],
        [
          "have sex",
          "have sex"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, transitively with med (“with”)) to have sex (with)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with med (“with”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "word": "ligga"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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