# legen
## Albanian
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish لگن (leğen, “pelvis; large bowl, basin”), from Persian لگن (lagan), ultimately derived from Ancient Greek λεκάνη (lekánē).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /leˈɡen/
* Rhymes: -en

### Noun

legen m (plural legena, definite legeni, definite plural legenat)
* basin, washbasin, bowl, bucket
* plowshare
* (colloquial, derogatory) fool, a laughable person
* (anatomy) pelvis
    Synonym: pelvis

#### Declension
### References

* “legen”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
* “legen”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “legen”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 279
* Mann, S. E. (1948) “legén”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 240

## Danish
### Noun

legen c
* definite singular of leg

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* ledigen

### Etymology

From earlier ledigen, from Middle Dutch ledigen, from Old Dutch *lithigon, from Proto-West Germanic *liþīgōn. By surface analysis, leeg +‎ -en.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eːɣən
* IPA: /ˈleːɣə(n)/

### Verb

legen
* to empty
    Synonyms: leegmaken, lichten

#### Conjugation
### Anagrams

* engel

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German legen, from Old High German leggen, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną.
Compare English lay, Danish lægge.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈleːɡən/, [ˈleː.ŋ̍]
* Audio:(file)
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* Hyphenation: le‧gen

### Verb

legen (weak, third-person singular present legt, past tense legte, past participle gelegt, auxiliary haben) [with accusative]
* (transitive) causative of liegen: to lay; to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it afterwards lies
    Coordinate terms: setzen, stellen
    Eier legen ― to lay eggs
    ein Feuer legen ― to set a fire
    Leg deine Sachen auf den Stuhl! ― Put your things on the chair!
* (reflexive) to lie down
    Ich lege mich auf das Bett. ― I lie down on the bed.
    Leg dich auf den Boden! ― Lie down on the floor!
* (animal husbandry) to castrate
    Synonyms: verschneiden, geilen, leichten, kastrieren, entmannen
    Ich habe meinen Hengst legen lassen. ― I had my stallion castrated.
* (colloquial, especially video games) to slay, to defeat
* (colloquial, impersonal) to cause great amusement, to make someone collapse in laughter, to kill, to slay
    Bei dem zweiten Witz hat's ihn komplett gelegt. ― The second joke totally killed him.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

#### Derived terms

* ablegen
* aneinanderlegen
* anlegen
* auflegen
* auseinanderlegen
* auslegen
* Bauernlegen
* beilegen
* beiseitelegen
* belegen
* brachlegen
* danebenlegen
* darauflegen
* darlegen
* darunterlegen
* dazwischenlegen
* drauflegen
* drüberlegen
* drunterlegen
* durcheinanderlegen
* durchlegen
* einlegen
* erlegen
* festlegen
* flachlegen
* fortlegen
* freilegen
* geradelegen
* glattlegen
* herauslegen
* hereinlegen
* hereinlegen
* herlegen
* herüberlegen
* hinauflegen
* hinauslegen
* hineinlegen
* hinlegen
* hinterlegen
* hinzulegen
* ineinanderlegen
* Karten legen
* krummlegen
* lahmlegen
* langlegen
* Lege
* Legebatterie
* Legehenne
* Legföhre
* loslegen
* nachlegen
* nebeneinanderlegen
* niederlegen
* offenlegen
* querlegen
* rauflegen
* rauslegen
* reinlegen
* rüberlegen
* runterlegen
* übereinanderlegen
* überlegen
* umlegen
* unterlegen
* verlegen
* vorlegen
* weglegen
* widerlegen
* zerlegen
* zueinanderlegen
* zulegen
* zurechtlegen
* zurücklegen
* zusammenlegen

#### See also

* liegen

### Further reading

* “legen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “legen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “legen” in Duden online
* “legen” in OpenThesaurus.de

## Hungarian
### Etymology

leg +‎ -en

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɛɡɛn]
* Hyphenation: le‧gen

### Noun

legen
* superessive singular of leg

## Lubuagan Kalinga
### Noun

legen
* sand

## Middle High German
### Etymology

Inherited from Old High German legen, leggen, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈleɡən/

### Verb

legen (class 2 weak, third-person singular present leget, past tense legete, past participle geleget, auxiliary hān) legen (class 1 weak, third-person singular present leget, past tense lahte or leite, past participle gelaht or geleit, auxiliary hān)
* to lay, to put into a horizontal position

#### Related terms

* ligen

### References

* Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “legen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

legen m
* definite singular of lege

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

legen m
* definite singular of lege

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Participle

legen (neuter lege, definite singular and plural legne)
* past participle of ligga and liggja

### Anagrams

* eglen, elgen, legne, negle

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlejen/

### Verb

leġen
* past participle of licgan

#### Synonyms

* ġeleġen