erliegen

German

Etymology

er- +‎ liegen

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʔɛɐ̯ˈliːɡən], [-ɡŋ̍]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: er‧lie‧gen

Verb

erliegen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present erliegt, past tense erlag, past participle erlegen, past subjunctive erläge, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive, with dative) to succumb to; to lose out to; to yield to; to fail to withstand (an enemy, a temptation)
    Sie erlag nie einer Versuchung.
    She never gave in to temptation.
  2. (intransitive, with dative) to be under (a misapprehension, an illusion)
  3. (intransitive, with dative) to die; to succumb to (an illness, a wound)
    Er erlag seinen Verletzungen.
    He succumbed to his injuries.

Conjugation

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