gelegen

See also: Gelegen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

gelegen

  1. past participle of liggen

Declension

Inflection 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

  • Negerhollands: gelegen, geleegen

Adjective

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

Inflection of gelegen
uninflected gelegen
inflected gelegen
comparative gelegener
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial gelegengelegenerhet gelegenst
het gelegenste
indefinite m./f. sing. gelegengelegenergelegenste
n. sing. gelegengelegenergelegenste
plural gelegengelegenergelegenste
definite gelegengelegenergelegenste
partitive gelegensgelegeners

German

Pronunciation

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

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

Adjective

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

  1. (not comparable) situated
  2. convenient [+dative = for]
Declension
Derived terms

Participle

gelegen

  1. past participle of liegen

Old English

Verb

ġeleġen

  1. past participle of licgan

Synonyms

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