liegen
to lie
- Past (Präteritum)
- lag
- Past participle
- gelegen (haben)
Positional verb for horizontal/flat. *liegen + an* + Dat (= be due to): *Es liegt am Wetter.* Subjunctive *läge*. Distinguish *liegen* (location, no movement) vs *legen* (placement, Akk).
Conjugation
Present
- liege
- first-person, form-of, present, singular
- liegt
- present, singular, third-person
- liegen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- liegst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- lagen
- first-person, form-of, plural, preterite, third-person
- lag
- first-person, form-of, preterite, singular, third-person
- lagst
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- lagt
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- liege
- first-person, form-of, singular, subjunctive-i, third-person
- lägen
- first-person, form-of, plural, subjunctive-ii, third-person
- läge
- past, subjunctive
- liegen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- liegest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- lieget
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- lägest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- lägst
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- läget
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- lägt
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gelegen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- sei gelegen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gelegen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- seien gelegen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gelegen
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seist gelegen
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiest gelegen
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gelegen
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- seiet gelegen
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gelegen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- wäre gelegen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gelegen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- wären gelegen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gelegen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärst gelegen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärest gelegen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gelegen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wärt gelegen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wäret gelegen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde liegen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- lieg
- imperative, second-person, singular
- liege
- imperative, second-person, singular
- liegt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gelegen
- participle, past
- liegend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- liegen
- infinitive
Other
- legen
- causative, form-of, transitive, weak
- habe gelegen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- bin gelegen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gelegen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- sind gelegen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gelegen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- bist gelegen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gelegen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- seid gelegen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gelegen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- ist gelegen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gelegen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- war gelegen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gelegen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- waren gelegen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gelegen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- warst gelegen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gelegen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- wart gelegen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- liegen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde liegen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden liegen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst liegen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet liegen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird liegen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gelegen haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- gelegen sein werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gelegen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werde gelegen sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gelegen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
Prefixed forms (6)
- aufliegen (separable)
to rest upon; to be on display
Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch auf.
- beiliegen (separable)
to be enclosed
Dem Brief liegt ein Foto bei. — A photo is enclosed with the letter.
- vorliegen (separable)
to exist / be present (documents)
Es liegen keine Beweise vor. — There is no evidence.
- unterliegen (separable)
to be subject to; to succumb
Er unterlag im Kampf. — He lost the fight. / That is subject to the law.
- erliegen (inseparable)
to succumb to
Er erlag seinen Verletzungen. — He succumbed to his injuries.
- anliegen (separable)
to concern
Mir liegt viel daran. — It matters a lot to me.