unterliegen
/ˌʊntɐˈliːɡən/ · verb
Meaning
- to be defeated [with dative ‘by’]
- to be subject to, to be influenced [with dative ‘by’]
- to lie beneath
- gerund of unterliegen
Etymology / origin
From Middle High German unterligen, from Old High German untarliggan (“to lie beneath”), equivalent to unter- + liegen. More at underlie.
- untarliggan(goh)→
- unterligen(gmh)→
- unterliegen (German)
- Relations: inh, inh
Related words
Descendant words
- underlegen(Danish) (cog)
- underlie(English) (cog)
- ënnerleien(Luxembourgish) (cog)
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