gelegen

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣəˈleː.ɣə(n)/
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Participle

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gelegen

  1. past participle of liggen

Declension

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Declension of gelegen
uninflected gelegen
inflected gelegen
positive
predicative/adverbial gelegen
indefinite m./f. sing. gelegen
n. sing. gelegen
plural gelegen
definite gelegen
partitive gelegens

Descendants

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  • Negerhollands: gelegen, geleegen

Adjective

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gelegen (comparative gelegener, superlative gelegenst)

  1. opportune, timely
    Synonym: geschikt
    Je komt op een gelegen moment
    You've come at a good time
    Te gelegener tijd
    At an opportune moment
  2. (of locations) located, lying (used with a prepositional phrase)
    De in Drenthe gelegen stad
    The city located in Drenthe

Declension

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Declension of gelegen
uninflected gelegen
inflected gelegen
comparative gelegener
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial gelegen gelegener het gelegenst
het gelegenste
indefinite m./f. sing. gelegen gelegener gelegenste
n. sing. gelegen gelegener gelegenste
plural gelegen gelegener gelegenste
definite gelegen gelegener gelegenste
partitive gelegens gelegeners

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡəˈleːɡŋ̩], [ɡəˈleːɡən]
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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German gelegen, from Old High German gelegan, gilegan; from liegen.

Adjective

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gelegen (strong nominative masculine singular gelegener, comparative gelegener, superlative am gelegensten)

  1. (not comparable) situated
  2. convenient [with dative ‘for’]
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Etymology 2

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Participle

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gelegen

  1. past participle of liegen

Old English

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Verb

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ġeleġen

  1. past participle of licgan

Synonyms

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