lahmlegen
German, verb/ˈlaːmˌleːɡən/
lahmlegen is spelled L-A-H-M-L-E-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 64,132nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lahmlegen is a German verb meaning “to bring to a standstill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas zum Stillstand bringen, etwas außer Betrieb setzen”.
What does lahmlegen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bring to a standstill
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas zum Stillstand bringen, etwas außer Betrieb setzen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lahmlegen
- legt lahm present singular third-person
- legte lahm past
- lahmgelegt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- lahmlegend participle present
- lahmzulegen infinitive infinitive-zu
- lege lahm first-person indicative present
- legen lahm first-person indicative plural
- legst lahm indicative present second-person
- legest lahm second-person singular subjunctive
- leget lahm plural second-person subjunctive
- legten lahm first-person indicative plural
- legtest lahm indicative preterite second-person
- legtet lahm indicative plural preterite
- leg lahm! imperative singular
- lege lahm! imperative singular
- legt lahm! imperative plural
- lahmgelegt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lahmlegen?
- /ˈlaːmˌleːɡən/
- [ˈlaːmˌleːɡŋ]
- [ˈlaːmˌleːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lahmlegen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lahmlegen in German?
lahmlegen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).