erlegen

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈleːɡŋ̩/, /ɛɐ̯ˈleːɡən/
  • Hyphenation: er‧le‧gen
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Participle

erlegen

  1. past participle of erliegen

Etymology 2

From Middle High German erleggen, from Old High German arleggen, irleccen, from Proto-Germanic *uzlagjaną. Equivalent to er- +‎ legen.

Verb

erlegen (weak, third-person singular present erlegt, past tense erlegte, past participle erlegt, auxiliary haben)

  1. causative of erliegen: to make succumb
  2. (formal) to hunt down (wild game)
  3. (euphemistic) to cull (livestock)
  4. (regional outside Austria) to pay a sum of money
Conjugation

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Derived terms
  • Erlegung

Further reading
  • “erlegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “erlegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “erlegen” in Duden online
  • “erlegen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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