UrsprungFrom Old Swedish liggia, from Old Norse liggja, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.
- to lie; be in a horizontal position
“Hon låg på marken” — She was lying on the ground
- to lie; to be placed, situated, or located
“Boken ligger på bordet” — The book is lying on the table
“Han ligger etta / Han ligger först / Han ligger på första plats” — He's in first place
“Visby ligger på Gotland” — Visby is located on Gotland (an island)
- to be enrolled (at a university)
“Han låg i Umeå” — He studied (at the university) in Umeå
- colloquial, transitiveto have sex (with)
“Jag har legat med honom” — I have had sex with him
“Har ni legat?” — Have you had sex?
“Fick du ligga?” — Did you score?
Formerligger(present) · låg(preterite) · legat(supine) · ligg(imperative) · ligga(active, infinitive) · liggas(infinitive, passive) · legat(active, supine) · legats(passive, supine) · ligg(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · liggen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · ligger(active, indicative, present) · låg(active, indicative, past) · liggs(indicative, passive, present) · ligges(indicative, passive, present) · lågs(indicative, passive, past) · ligga(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · lågo(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · liggas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)