liegen
lie (infinitive at the end of the clause, governed by 'hoeft ... te')
/ˈliɣə(n)/verb
How it is spelled and how it sounds
The digraph 'ie' consistently represents the high front vowel /i/, while the 'g' is a velar/uvular fricative /ɣ/ between vowels and devoiced to /x/ at the end of a syllable (as in 'lieg').
vliegento flybedriegento deceivewiegento rock / cradle
In connected speech
In natural speech, the final -n of 'liegen' is usually dropped, and in 'lieg ik', the final devoiced /x/ of 'lieg' links directly to the vowel of 'ik' as [li.xɪk].
In the lessons (2 sentences)
s2-les-09 · 37En ja, hier hoeft Xing ook niet te liegen, want het is natuurlijk wel waar.And yes, here Xing doesn't need to lie either, because of course it is true.Open in lesson ↗
In the frequency dictionary
Fiction #260
Marked known.