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anliegen

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German aneligen, from Old High German analiggen. By surface analysis, an +‎ liegen, literally to lie on. Compare Dutch aanliggen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈanˌliːɡən/, [ˈʔanˌliː.ɡŋ̍], [-ɡ(ə)n]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: an‧lie‧gen

Verb

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anliegen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present liegt an, past tense lag an, past participle angelegen, past subjunctive läge an, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to lie close (to some implied surface), to touch, to fit (tightly)
    Die Hose liegt eng an.The trousers fit tightly.
    • 2009, Bastian Pastewka et al., 0:11:50 from the start, in Pastewka, season 4, episode 4, spoken by Olli Dittrich (himself):
      „Das is’ nich’ infantil. Infantil is’ Folgendes: Kommt ’n Mann zum Arzt und sagt: ‚Herr Doktor, ich hab ein’n anliegen.‘ [that is, ein Anliegen] Da sagt der: ‚Ja, mein’n Sie, mir steht er immer?‘“
      (intranslatable pun) “That’s not infantile. Infantile is the following: A man goes to the doctor and says: ‘Doctor, I have a request / I have one lying close.’ Says the doctor: ‘You think mine stands erect all the time?’”
  2. to abut, to be adjacent [with an (+ dative) ‘on/to’]
    die Straße und die daran anliegenden Grundstücke
    the street and the properties adjacent to it
  3. (electricity, of a voltage) to be applied
  4. (nautical) to steer (in a particular direction)
    Nord anliegento stear north
    an einen Kurs anliegento hold a course

Usage notes

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  • Only the auxiliary haben is used in northern and central Germany. In southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, sein is common in the vernacular and also, alternatively, in standard usage.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • anliegen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
  • anliegen” in Duden online