beleggen
Dutch (Brabantic)
/bəˈlɛɣə(n)/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to cover, smear, butter, spread over (e.g. a piece of bread with butter and jam)
- (transitive) to invest money
- (transitive) to convoke, to call a meeting
- (transitive) to belay, to fasten (a rope), to fasten (with rope)
- (transitive) to cover with
- (transitive) to plan, to devise
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch beleggen prefix from Dutch, Flemish leggen (lay).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
leggen
Gloss
lay
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- belay English
- belayer English
- lay English
- aandelenbelegger Dutch, Flemish
- aanleggen Dutch, Flemish
- afleggen Dutch, Flemish
- belegger Dutch, Flemish
- belegging Dutch, Flemish
- belegsel Dutch, Flemish
- blootleggen Dutch, Flemish
- broodbelegsel Dutch, Flemish
- droogleggen Dutch, Flemish
- legboor Dutch, Flemish
- leggen Dutch, Flemish
- legger Dutch, Flemish
- legging Dutch, Flemish
- leghen Dutch, Flemish
- legkip Dutch, Flemish
- neerleggen Dutch, Flemish
- omleggen Dutch, Flemish
- onderlegger Dutch, Flemish
- overleggen Dutch, Flemish
- uitleggen Dutch, Flemish
- voorleggen Dutch, Flemish
- weerleggen Dutch, Flemish
- wegleggen Dutch, Flemish
- belägga Swedish
- lägga Swedish
- receptbelägga Swedish
- beleggen Middle English
- belægge Danish
- lægge Danish
- beleggen Middle Dutch
- leggen Middle Dutch
- lê Afrikaans